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Maria Lugones

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Maria Lugones was an Argentine-born feminist philosopher and professor who spent much of her career at Binghamton University. She developed the thesis of the coloniality of gender and wrote widely on intersectionality, women of color feminism, and decolonial thought. Her influential works include "Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes" and the essay "Heterosexualism and the Colonial/Modern Gender System."

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What is Maria Lugones known for?

Maria Lugones was an Argentine-born feminist philosopher known for work on coloniality of gender, intersectionality, and women of color feminism. She spent much of her academic career at Binghamton University.

What does Lugones mean by the coloniality of gender?

Her thesis argues that modern gender systems were shaped through colonial power and cannot be treated as separate from race, class, and imperial rule. It extends decolonial analysis into feminist philosophy.

How does Maria Lugones connect gender and race?

Lugones argues that gender oppression is experienced through racialized and colonial structures, not through one universal female experience. This is why her work is closely connected to women of color feminism and intersectionality.

Where did Maria Lugones teach?

She spent much of her teaching and research career at Binghamton University in New York. Her work influenced feminist philosophy, decolonial thought, and theories of intersectionality.