Maria Cristina Lugones was an Argentine feminist philosopher and activist, born in 1944 and died in 2020, who was a Professor of Comparative Literature and of women's studies at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and at Binghamton University in New York State. She identified as a U.S.-based woman of color and theorized this category as a political identity forged through feminist coalitional work, advancing Latino philosophy in theorizing forms of resistance against multiple oppressions in Latin America, the United States and elsewhere. She was known for her theory of multiple selves, her work on decolonial feminism, and for developing the concept of the coloniality of gender, which holds that gender itself is a colonial imposition.
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Defining MomentDeveloped the concept of the coloniality of gender in Heterosexualism and the Colonial/Modern Gender System (2007) and Toward a Decolonial Feminism (2010), arguing that the modern gender binary was itself a colonial imposition. 1 Notable PublicationPilgrimages/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions (2003) 1 Office HeldProfessor of Comparative Literature and of Women's Studies, Binghamton University, from 1993; previously taught philosophy at Carleton College from 1972 to 1993 1 BirthplaceBuenos Aires, Argentina 1 Death PlaceSyracuse, New York, United States 1 TraditionDecolonial and Latina feminist philosophy; developed the concept of the coloniality of gender 1 Connections
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Argentina, originated there.
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1. Maria Lugones (Wikipedia)
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26 January 1944
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Illness and death, paragraph 1 (death date)
On 14 July 2020, at 76 years of age, Lugones died at a hospital in Syracuse, New York. The cause was cardiac arrest.
Illness and death, paragraph 1 (death year)
On 14 July 2020, at 76 years of age, Lugones died at a hospital in Syracuse, New York. The cause was cardiac arrest.
Illness and death, paragraph 1 (death place)
On 14 July 2020, at 76 years of age, Lugones died at a hospital in Syracuse, New York. The cause was cardiac arrest.
Plurality, paragraph 1
Lugones is the author of Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions (2003) a seminal, highly praised collection of essays.
Coloniality of gender, paragraph 1
Combining Anibal Quijano's theory of the coloniality of power with a feminist, intersectionalist framework, Lugones concludes that gender is a colonial imposition.
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Feminist philosophy
Introduction, paragraph 1
Maria Cristina Lugones (January 26, 1944 - July 14, 2020) was an Argentine feminist philosopher, activist, and Professor of Comparative Literature and of women's studies at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and at Binghamton University in New York State.
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