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Civilizar Ciencias Sociales y Humanas

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ROSERO SARASTY, Oscar Martin. Female Identities in the “Masculinized” Professional Context of Civil Engineering in Southwestern Colombia. Civilizar [online]. 2019, vol.19, n.36, pp.163-178. ISSN 1657-8953.  https://doi.org/10.22518/usergioa/jour/ccsh/2019.1/a10.

Stuart Hall's and Michel Foucault's approaches to subjection and subjectification allow the analysis of female identities. This research aimed to analyze the identity construction processes of female engineers in a profession of male hegemony such as civil engineering. Using a qualitative methodology and life stories of 15 female engineers who had graduated from universities in southwestern Colombia, it was found that identities are constructed as particular discursive routes with diverse positions that carry out institutionalized practices of masculine hegemony but also of self-recognition, valuation and resignification of the contribution of women in the profession and their position in the society.

Keywords : Identity; gender; feminine identities; subjection; subjectivation; engineers..

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