Michèle Mattelart and the Open Veins of Communication and Gender in Latin America
MATRIZes, 14 (3):
69-91 (2020)Abstract
This manuscript highlights Michèle Mattelart’s contributions in the context of the intellectual history of communication studies in Latin America since genealogies in this field have underestimated the role and importance of female researchers. The methodological approach aims to create memories and build a path that goes through the intellectual biography and history of communication studies from a feminist point of view that maintains its subjective and situated dimension. By considering such aspects, key moments in Michèle’s intellectual trajectory – 1960s/1970s – are described, especially the ones focused on the links between communication and gender studies, which she was a pioneer in Latin America