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Pós-feminismo
Resumo
esumo: Partindo do verbete sobre pós-feminismo do Dicionário da Crítica Feminista (organizado
por Ana Gabriela Macedo e Ana Luísa Amaral), proponho a discussão do conceito de pós-
feminismo não isoladamente, mas antes por aposição a outros termos e conceitos que de algum
modo clarificam a natureza complexa do debate em torno deste termo: contra-feminismo, pós-
feminismo, contra-dicção, diferença, imagem, ginocrítica, corpo, ciberfeminismo. Defendo que
vivemos no contexto de uma variedade de feminismos plurais, e que o seu discurso oposicional
e de resistência é ainda, no mundo de hoje, de total pertinência.
Palavras-chave
alavras-chave: feminismo; pós-feminismo; contra-feminismo (backlash); contra-dicção;
ginocrítica; diferença.
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Postfeminism
Abstract: Departing from the entry on Postfeminism in the Dicionário da Crítica Feminista (edited
Abstract
by Ana Gabriela Macedo and Ana Luísa Amaral), I discuss the meaning of the concept not in
isolation, but in affiliation with other concepts which somehow help to understand the complexity
of this debate, e.g., Counter-feminism, Postmodernism, Counter-diction, Difference; Body; Image;
Gynocritics, Cyberfeminism. I defend that despite all odds, Feminism still stands as a fundamental
“counter-diction,” a much needed oppositional discourse in our day and age.
Key W ords
Words
ords: Feminism; Postfeminism; Backlash; Counter-diction; Gynocritics; Difference.