The feminist epistemology of Audre Lorde (1934-1992) and the Queer Theory in the social pedagogy of the 21st century

Authors

  • Asun Pié Balaguer Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Espanya)

Keywords:

Body Bildung, pain, Queer theory, Crip theory.

Abstract

This article deals with the political and educational problem of pain by using the queer/crip hermeneutics and the biographical example of struggle embodied by Audre Lorde. We consider the semantic potential of pain and the social openings that may boost its (re)appropriation by subaltern groups. That is, a hermeneutic exercise is conducted which brings together the feminism of Audre Lorde, the queer/crip theory and the use of the experience of pain and disease as politicizable phenomena. We take up Lorde’s embodied experience of subalternity, the queer/crip hermeneutics of pain, their relationship with the author’s discourse and the inclusion of this stance in the social pedagogy of the 21st century.

Key words: Body Bildung, pain, Queer theory, Crip theory.

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No. 21 (2013): gener-juny

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Monographic theme

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