Abstract

BOGINO LARRAMBEBERE, Mercedes  and  FERNANDEZ-RASINES, Paloma. Relecturas de género: concepto normativo y categoría crítica. La ventana [online]. 2017, vol.5, n.45, pp.158-185. ISSN 1405-9436.

The aim of this article is to propose a new reading of canonical texts on the concept of gender. That comprises fundamental proposals shown by authors like Sherry Ortner, Gayle Rubin, Joan W. Scott or Judith Butler, followed by their own critical self-revisions. The aim is questioning the historical construction of this concept that transitions as analytical category for social research from its normative connotation to a critical agency.To this end, firstly, the historical background of the concept is described. Secondly, it is identified the process of appropriation of the concept by feminist studies; thirdly, some of the most important meanings given to this term are indicated. Finally, as a conclusion, it is highlighted the existence of an area of conceptual tension between its critical capacity and its normative position.

Keywords : gender; sex; analylical category; feminist theories; identities.