Date of Award
Winter 12-2018
Degree Type
Honors Thesis
Major
International Studies
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
First Advisor
Lucia Cantero
Abstract
International attention drew to Afro-Mexican individuals in 2015, when the Mexican inter-census survey first allowed Black Mexican people to self-identify as Afro-Mexican. The Black movement in Mexico revolving around recognition rather than liberation had been stirring in Coastal regions for decades prior, fueled by the work of incredible activists across the gender spectrum. However, the representation of such activists in public discourse is largely male. In analyzing this particular movement, the importance of intersectional theory becomes apparent, in unpacking both gendered and racialized forms of hierarchy and invisibility. By exploring the intersections between social movement and social suffering, as well as the immutable characteristics and structures contributing to dominant narratives in public discourse, one can use the case study of Black Recognition in Mexico to unpack structural violence on both the geopolitical and the grass-roots level.
Recommended Citation
Fasser, Lindsay, "Intersectional Invisibilization: Black Female Movement Leaders in Mexico and their Private Sphere Resistance" (2018). Undergraduate Honors Theses. 29.
https://repository.usfca.edu/honors/29
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