Open AccessFEMINIST COLLECTIVE CANDIDACIES: LISTENING TO DEMOCRACY IN BRAZIL
Author(s) -
Ludmila Mota de Figueiredo Porto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
fólio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2176-4182
pISSN - 1808-3099
DOI - 10.22481/folio.v13i1.8357
Subject(s) - politics , sociology , citizen journalism , democracy , representation (politics) , division of labour , active listening , gender studies , political science , law , communication
This paper aims to discuss feminist collective candidacies as a powerful new means of political representation in Brazil, one historically connected with previous feminist struggles in the country. Considering the key role that language plays in understanding labor, I will explain how this new way of making politics can challenge the sexual division of labor through the idea of horizontality. Moreover, I will examine feminist collective candidacies as an effective tactic to reinforce Brazilian participatory democracy.