“Paradas”and“Arrechas” Disrupted Femininities and Gender Arrangements within Bucaramanga’s Gangs (Colombia) Academic Article

abstract

  • This article describes and analyzes the disrupted femininity of women within gangs in the city of Bucaramanga (Colombia) through the employment of a gender approach. We argue that such women, albeit exposed to multiple forms of violence in their neighborhoods, are also agents of violence with a singular identity, which is expressed by performative acts and ways of being and caring for others, in which broad gender arrangements are simultaneously disrupted and maintained. This research followed a qualitative methodology based on ethnographic work and 50 in-depth and semi-structured interviews.

publication date

  • 2023-6-1

edition

  • 9

keywords

  • Arrangement
  • Colombia
  • Ethnographic
  • Femininity
  • Gangs
  • Performative Acts
  • Qualitative Methodology
  • femininity
  • gender
  • interview
  • methodology
  • violence

number of pages

  • 17

start page

  • 55

end page

  • 71