Abstract

RUIZ TREJO, Marisa G.. Two pioneering women in feminist anthropology in Chiapas and Central America. LiminaR [online]. 2022, vol.20, n.1, e889.  Epub Sep 12, 2022. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.29043/liminar.v20i1.889.

This article discusses advances in the anthropology of women in Chiapas and Central America, an area in which the pioneers in this field helped to denounce androcentrism, elucidated gender relations, and chose the subordination of women as an anthropological research problem. Their actions increasingly helped shape a feminist gender perspective within the discipline. This article registers, documents, and analyzes the life and work of women and feminists who have made scientificsocial contributions with respect to cultural diversity, social spaces and inequality, covering the “golden age” (1940-1964) up to the second decade of the 20th century, focusing on the contributions of June Nash and Mercedes Olivera Bustamante, two anthropologists whose work has been key to the discipline in this region.

Keywords : history of anthropology; feminist epistemologies; Marxism; intersectionality; decoloniality; women in anthropology.

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