SE01 E05: Purity, Impurity, and Separation
Show notes:
This episode discusses the work of María Lugones, “Purity, Impurity, and Separation,” Hypatia 2:2 (1987), 3-19.
Special thanks to our contributors, Adriana Rincón-Villegas and Brooke Rudow. And to Natalie Dusek for mixing and editing, and Jacob Bamhour for transcription assistance and all the social media!
On María Lugones:
Speaking Face to Face: On the Visionary Philosophy of María Lugones, Edited by Pedro J. DiPietro, Jennifer McWeeny, and Shireen Roshanravan (SUNY, 2019) https://sunypress.edu/Books/S/Speaking-Face-to-Face2
In Memoriam
https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/2580/thought-and-practice-maria-lugones-leaves-a-global-legacy
https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/obituary/maria-lugones-1944-2020
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/hypatia/in-memory-of-maria-cristina-lugones
More from our contributors:
Adriana Rincón-Villegas
“On the Human Right to Peace in Times of Contemporary Colonial Power,” In: E.H. Chowdhury, and R. Srikanth (eds.) Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Rights, Routledge, 2018: 285-296.
(with Lupien, P., Lalama, A., & Chiriboga, G.) “Framing Indigenous protest in the online public sphere: A comparative frame analysis.” New Media & Society, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448221074705
Brooke Rudow
“Dismantling Purity: Toward a Feminist Curdling of Hawaiian Identity,” Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 3 (3): 1-20. 2017. https://doi.org/10.5206/fpq/2017.3.2
“Environmental Ignorance,” Radical Philosophy Review 23(2): 299-329. 2020. https://doi.org/10.5840/radphilrev2020721113
Additional references:
María Lugones, “Playfulness, “World”-Travelling, and Loving Perception,” Hypatia
2(2) (Summer, 1987), pp. 3-19, https://www.jstor.org/stable/3810013
María Lugones, Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions
Alexis Shotwell, Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times (2016) https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816698646/against-purity/
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971) https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674000780
Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider (1984/2007) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/198292/sister-outsider-by-audre-lorde/
Cindy Baker, Personal Appearance (2009) https://www.cindy-baker.ca/work-2013/personal-appearance-z6a5j
Show Notes: Episode on María Lugones and Purity, Impurity, and Separation
Main Focus
This episode explores the work of María Lugones, particularly her influential paper, “Purity, Impurity, and Separation” (Hypatia, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 3–19).
Link to article on JSTOR
Profile on María Lugones
Featured Philosopher: María Lugones
Other Works by María Lugones
Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003): Link to book
Speaking Face to Face: On the Visionary Philosophy of María Lugones, Edited by Pedro J. DiPietro, Jennifer McWeeny, and Shireen Roshanravan (SUNY, 2019): Link to book
In Memoriam
Special Thanks
Adriana Rincón-Villegas, Brooke Rudow, Natalie Dusek, and Jacob Bamhour.
Contributors' Work
Adriana Rincón-Villegas
“On the Human Right to Peace in Times of Contemporary Colonial Power,” in Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Rights (2018): pp. 285–296.
(With Lupien, P., Lalama, A., & Chiriboga, G.) “Framing Indigenous Protest in the Online Public Sphere: A Comparative Frame Analysis,” New Media & Society (2022): DOI link
Brooke Rudow
“Dismantling Purity: Toward a Feminist Curdling of Hawaiian Identity,” Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 3(3), 2017: DOI link
“Environmental Ignorance,” Radical Philosophy Review 23(2), 2020: DOI link
Additional References
On Purity and Ethics
Alexis Shotwell, Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times (2016): Link to book
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971): Link to book
Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider (1984/2007): Link to book
Artistic and Cultural Reflections
Cindy Baker, Personal Appearance (2009): Artist's website
Episode on María Lugones and Purity, Impurity, and Separation
Main Focus
This episode explores the work of María Lugones, particularly her influential paper, “Purity, Impurity, and Separation” (Hypatia, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 3–19).
Link to article on JSTOR
Profile on María Lugones
Featured Philosopher: María Lugones
Other Works by María Lugones
Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes: Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003): Link to book
Speaking Face to Face: On the Visionary Philosophy of María Lugones, Edited by Pedro J. DiPietro, Jennifer McWeeny, and Shireen Roshanravan (SUNY, 2019): Link to book
In Memoriam
Special Thanks
Adriana Rincón-Villegas, Brooke Rudow, Natalie Dusek, and Jacob Bamhour.
Contributors' Work
Adriana Rincón-Villegas
“On the Human Right to Peace in Times of Contemporary Colonial Power,” in Interdisciplinary Approaches to Human Rights (2018): pp. 285–296.
(With Lupien, P., Lalama, A., & Chiriboga, G.) “Framing Indigenous Protest in the Online Public Sphere: A Comparative Frame Analysis,” New Media & Society (2022): DOI link
Brooke Rudow
“Dismantling Purity: Toward a Feminist Curdling of Hawaiian Identity,” Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 3(3), 2017: DOI link
“Environmental Ignorance,” Radical Philosophy Review 23(2), 2020: DOI link
Additional References
On Purity and Ethics
Alexis Shotwell, Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times (2016): Link to book
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971): Link to book
Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider (1984/2007): Link to book
Artistic and Cultural Reflections
Cindy Baker, Personal Appearance (2009): Artist's website