Catastrophe Feminine Subjetivity and Reconstruction: Contributions and Challenges From a Perspective of Gender for the Psychosocial Intervention in Communities Affected by the Earthquake

Keywords

Female subjectivity
care tasks
community participation
earthquake and reconstruction

How to Cite

Magaña, I., Silva, S., & Rovira, R. (2017). Catastrophe Feminine Subjetivity and Reconstruction: Contributions and Challenges From a Perspective of Gender for the Psychosocial Intervention in Communities Affected by the Earthquake. Terapia Psicológica, 28(2), 169-177. Retrieved from https://www.teps.cl/index.php/teps/article/view/196

Abstract

This paper intends contribute, from a gender approach, to the development of psychosocial interventions and understanding of the problematic-that the subjectivity of women- raises the disaster triggered by the earthquake and tsunami of February 27, 2010. From a qualitative methodology was carried out micro-social analysis, which methodological device considered: 1. In-depth interviews with women social leaders of organizations of the regions of Maule and Bio-Bio 2. Review of secondary sources, 3.Opinion of experts on gender issues. The results are placed in discussion with the model proposed by Gaborit (2006) and show the formation of a “female subjectivity’s earthquake “, that product of the breakdown of care spaces, reconstruct their subjectivity through community participation, becoming protagonists in the reconstruction of everyday life.

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