TY - JOUR KW - Women'S Studies KW - Afro-Peruvians KW - Double Consciousness KW - Gendered Racism KW - Mestiza Consciousness KW - Peru KW - Sociology & Social History AU - Sylvanna Falcón AB - In this article, the author proposes a confluence of W. E. B. Du Bois's “double consciousness” (1903/1982) and Gloria Anzaldúa's “mestiza consciousness” (1989) to analyze the experiences of three Afro-Peruvian women. The merging of double and mestiza consciousness is necessary to holistically understand how gendered racism shapes their lives and why they have a desire to forge transnational solidarity with other women in the African Diaspora of the Americas. By gendering double consciousness and expanding mestiza consciousness beyond the United States and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, we can better understand how women's agency plays a role in what the author refers to as mestiza double consciousness. IS - 5 N2 - In this article, the author proposes a confluence of W. E. B. Du Bois's “double consciousness” (1903/1982) and Gloria Anzaldúa's “mestiza consciousness” (1989) to analyze the experiences of three Afro-Peruvian women. The merging of double and mestiza consciousness is necessary to holistically understand how gendered racism shapes their lives and why they have a desire to forge transnational solidarity with other women in the African Diaspora of the Americas. By gendering double consciousness and expanding mestiza consciousness beyond the United States and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, we can better understand how women's agency plays a role in what the author refers to as mestiza double consciousness. PY - 2008 SN - 0891-2432 SP - 660 EP - 680 EP - T2 - Gender & Society TI - Mestiza Double Consciousness: The Voices of Afro-Peruvian Women on Gendered Racism VL - 22 ER - The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later.