‘A Family Concern’: Queerness, Familism, and the Preservation of Honour in Chile
Cette conférence, organisée en collaboration avec la Chaire ERICA, est malheureusement reportée. La nouvelle date sera annoncée sur les réseaux sociaux de la Chaire de recherche dès que possible.
Résumé de la conférence : In Chile and Latin America, familism emphasises the family over the individual, providing support, identity, and a sense of belonging, while prioritising family honour. This often leads to the marginalisation of queer individuals, seen as threats to family reputation under heteronormative and patriarchal norms. Based on the experiences of 24 queer individuals in Chile, the study highlights both the enduring support from families and instances of rejection, alongside strategies of concealment to preserve family bonds through discreet behaviour and unspoken agreements.
Conférencière : Alejandra Ramm (she/her) has a PhD in sociology from Cambridge University, UK, and is a senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology, University of Valparaíso. She studies gender and public policy; kinship and families; same-sex couples; and abortion. She has just published an article on family honour and LGBT+ people in Chile in Culture, Health & Sexuality (2024). Together with Jasmine Gideon, she edited the book Motherhood, Social Policies and Women’s Activism in Latin America (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). She has also published on abortion in Social Science and Medicine (2020). She is currently directing a Fondecyt Regular project (#1211012) on public and private struggles of same-sex couples in Chile and a Anillo project, ‘Decentering Gender Inequalities’ (ATE220051).
