A institucionalização do estudos de mulheres, de gênero e feministas na sociologia brasileira

Abstract

The thesis investigates the institutionalization process of Women, Gender and Feminist Studies in Brazilian Sociology in the 1970s. The objective is to identify the contextual factors and the academic experiences that informed the main strategies launched by academics to legitimize the new field of studies. The hypothesis is that these factors favored integration strategies that do not conflict with the academic field, strongly articulated by a conception of scientific research aimed at social intervention. Based on a bibliographic analysis and a case-text study approach of what constitutes the most consolidated discourse about the area in Brazil, the thesis observes how the emergence of the field was handled. From these texts, the most mentioned contextual factors, the names and the authors most referenced in the narratives of this area of study are identified. The field narrative is compared with reports of the personal trajectories of these authors, seeking to articulate their more subjective experiences with the context presented. The reports are the result of two in-depth interviews conducted for the thesis, added to the content available in reports, lectures and other interviews already published. In order to highlight the elements that inform the option for a strategy that uses the scientific credentials of Social Sciences to legitimize the Women, Gender and Feminist Studies at the university, it is necessary to go back to the political, intellectual and social context, both national and international, and the personal trajectories of the academics.