- Title
- Reinventing revolutionary subjects in Venezuela
- Creator
- Motta, Sara C.
- Relation
- Politics and Culture Vol. 7, Issue 1, p. 49-59
- Relation
- http://politicsandculture.org/issue/materialist-feminisms-against-neoliberalism/
- Publisher
- Connecticut College
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- This article challenges orthodox Marxist conceptualisations of the revolutionary subject by building on the nearly four decade tradition of autonomist Marxist feminism . It argues that by expanding our conceptualisation of capitalist relations to include the sphere of social reproduction, the creation of a gendered division of labour and the construction of alienated subjectivities, we open a window on the multiple subjects that are at the heart of contemporary anti-capitalist struggles and render visible an increasing feminisation of resistance in Latin America. Through an analysis of the narratives of three women participants in the Urban Land Committees (CTUs) in Venezuela we see that women are at the heart of struggles to re-define the practice of politics, create new democratic subjectivities, and re-invent social transformation, processes in which woman, family and community are renegotiated and re-imagined. This analysis demonstrates the urgent need to reinvigorate a Marxist feminist praxis that can make visible, contribute to and theorise in solidarity with contemporary forms of anti-capitalist struggle.
- Subject
- autonomous Marxist feminism; gender; subjectivity; Venezuelan women
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1306540
- Identifier
- uon:21205
- Identifier
- ISSN:1558-6960
- Language
- eng
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