Decolonizing Feminist Legal Methods: A Study of the Criminalization of Women and Imprisonment for Drug Offenses

Feminists take a variety of different approaches to discussions of the law, and many researchers have focused on studying the possibility of employing feminist legal methods of “doing” and “knowing” in law. Feminist authors discuss the possibility of applying feminist methods to question truth claim...

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Authors: Ferreira, Letícia Cardoso [UNESP], Braga, Ana Gabriela Mendes [UNESP]
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Language:English
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.18800/derechopucp.202301.006
https://hdl.handle.net/11449/309845
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Keyword:Brazil
criminal woman
decolonial feminism
Feminist methodologies
translation
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spelling Decolonizing Feminist Legal Methods: A Study of the Criminalization of Women and Imprisonment for Drug OffensesDecolonizando los métodos jurídicos feministas en una investigación acerca del fenómeno de la narcocriminalización delasmujeresBrazilcriminal womandecolonial feminismFeminist methodologiestranslationFeminists take a variety of different approaches to discussions of the law, and many researchers have focused on studying the possibility of employing feminist legal methods of “doing” and “knowing” in law. Feminist authors discuss the possibility of applying feminist methods to question truth claims in law and challenge the power relations the law creates and recreates based on markers such as gender, race, and class. We have organized our work around three components of a method developed by Katharine Bartlett —the woman question, feminist practical reasoning and consciousness-raising—to analyze the knowledge produced regarding the imprisonment of women for drug offenses in Brazil in the 21st century. We consider how feminist methods may be applied in this and other contexts which involve a great deal of marginalization. Drawing on Ochy Curiel’s interpretation of the concept of the coloniality of knowledge, we ask: How can we decolonize feminist methods in order to adapt them to the needs and realities of the Global South? We focus on the idea of translation, advocated for by a number of Latin American and North American authors whose work touches on themes of centrality (North) and marginality (South), as a method of producing “connected epistemologies” which encourage alliances and challenge reductionist interpretations of feminist theories. Our aim is to contribute to a horizontal dialogue between the Global North and South in feminist studies without disregarding the uniqueness of the realities of our research subjects.Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Universidade Estadual PaulistaUniversidade Estadual PaulistaFAPESP: 2020/04179-9Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)2025-04-29T20:16:56Z2023-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article189-213http://dx.doi.org/10.18800/derechopucp.202301.006Derecho PUCP, v. 90, p. 189-213.2305-25460251-3420https://hdl.handle.net/11449/30984510.18800/derechopucp.202301.0062-s2.0-85167449040Scopusreponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengDerecho PUCPinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFerreira, Letícia Cardoso [UNESP]Braga, Ana Gabriela Mendes [UNESP]2025-04-30T14:00:57Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/309845Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestrepositoriounesp@unesp.bropendoar:29462025-04-30T14:00:57Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Decolonizing Feminist Legal Methods: A Study of the Criminalization of Women and Imprisonment for Drug Offenses
Decolonizando los métodos jurídicos feministas en una investigación acerca del fenómeno de la narcocriminalización delasmujeres
title Decolonizing Feminist Legal Methods: A Study of the Criminalization of Women and Imprisonment for Drug Offenses
spellingShingle Decolonizing Feminist Legal Methods: A Study of the Criminalization of Women and Imprisonment for Drug Offenses
Ferreira, Letícia Cardoso [UNESP]
Brazil
criminal woman
decolonial feminism
Feminist methodologies
translation
title_short Decolonizing Feminist Legal Methods: A Study of the Criminalization of Women and Imprisonment for Drug Offenses
title_full Decolonizing Feminist Legal Methods: A Study of the Criminalization of Women and Imprisonment for Drug Offenses
title_fullStr Decolonizing Feminist Legal Methods: A Study of the Criminalization of Women and Imprisonment for Drug Offenses
title_full_unstemmed Decolonizing Feminist Legal Methods: A Study of the Criminalization of Women and Imprisonment for Drug Offenses
title_sort Decolonizing Feminist Legal Methods: A Study of the Criminalization of Women and Imprisonment for Drug Offenses
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ferreira, Letícia Cardoso [UNESP]
Braga, Ana Gabriela Mendes [UNESP]
author Ferreira, Letícia Cardoso [UNESP]
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Braga, Ana Gabriela Mendes [UNESP]
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author2 Braga, Ana Gabriela Mendes [UNESP]
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Brazil
criminal woman
decolonial feminism
Feminist methodologies
translation
topic Brazil
criminal woman
decolonial feminism
Feminist methodologies
translation
description Feminists take a variety of different approaches to discussions of the law, and many researchers have focused on studying the possibility of employing feminist legal methods of “doing” and “knowing” in law. Feminist authors discuss the possibility of applying feminist methods to question truth claims in law and challenge the power relations the law creates and recreates based on markers such as gender, race, and class. We have organized our work around three components of a method developed by Katharine Bartlett —the woman question, feminist practical reasoning and consciousness-raising—to analyze the knowledge produced regarding the imprisonment of women for drug offenses in Brazil in the 21st century. We consider how feminist methods may be applied in this and other contexts which involve a great deal of marginalization. Drawing on Ochy Curiel’s interpretation of the concept of the coloniality of knowledge, we ask: How can we decolonize feminist methods in order to adapt them to the needs and realities of the Global South? We focus on the idea of translation, advocated for by a number of Latin American and North American authors whose work touches on themes of centrality (North) and marginality (South), as a method of producing “connected epistemologies” which encourage alliances and challenge reductionist interpretations of feminist theories. Our aim is to contribute to a horizontal dialogue between the Global North and South in feminist studies without disregarding the uniqueness of the realities of our research subjects.
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