Coral Herrera Gómez (born 1977) is a Spanish feminist writer and communicator based in Costa Rica, known for her critique of the concept of romantic love and her contributions to queer studies.
Coral Herrera | |
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| Born | Coral Herrera Gómez 1977 Madrid, Spain |
| Citizenship | Costa Rica |
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Education
editCoral Herrera holds a degree in Humanities and Audiovisual Communication from the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid. She received her doctorate in Humanities and Communication from the same university with a thesis on romantic love in the West and its relation to capitalism, patriarchy and democracy. She examined the sociocultural construction of reality, gender and romantic love; how the West builds emotions through symbols, myths and rites; and how romantic love perpetuates capitalism, patriarchy and democracies.[1]
Literary works
editAfter finishing her doctorate (and due to the 2008 Spanish economic crisis), Gomez settled down in Costa Rica after a stay in Paris.[2] She has published articles in different media outlets such as Pikara Magazine, El País, eldiario.es, and El Ciudadano, and has collaborated on programs such as La Tuerka.[3]
The main theme of her work is the critique of romantic love from a gender and queer perspective.[4] She argues that romanticism is a product of patriarchy and that it plays a fundamental role in the binary and hierarchical construction of gender inequality.[5] Furthermore, she states that there are different ways of understanding and experiencing love that are more liberating and satisfying than traditional ones.[6][7][8][9]
Published books
editReferences
edit- ^ Herrera Gómez, Coral (2009). "La construcción sociocultural de la realidad, del género y del amor romántico. De cómo Occidente construye nuestras emociones a través de los símbolos, los mitos y los ritos, y de cómo el amor romántico perpetúa el capitalismo, el patriarcado y las democracias". es.scribd.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "Haikita – El blog de Coral Herrera Gómez". inoutradio.com. 27 January 2017.
- ^ coral-herrera in Pikara Magazine
- ^ La feminista Coral Herrera lanzó su nuevo libro Bodas Diversas y Amores Queer. La Red 21. October 14, 2013
- ^ "Amor romántico y desigualdad de género. Revista Feminista Casa de la Mujer. 2011". Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- ^ "El amor es tan adictivo como las drogas". Público. 3 October 2010.
- ^ “El amor no debería basarse en la necesidad, en el miedo a la soledad ni en la exclusividad”. Pikara Magazine. 7 October 2011.
- ^ Coral Herrera Gómez: “Desde la cultura es fundamental que rompamos con tanto miedo a lo diferente, que visibilicemos otros mundos, otros modos de ser, otras formas de relacionarse”. Entretanto Magazine. 1 September 2012.
- ^ Amor romántico vs igualdad de género: Una entrevista con Coral Herrera. Global Voices. 12 December, 2013.
- ^ Más allá de las etiquetas: hombres, mujeres y trans. Txalaparta. 2010. ISBN 978-84-8136-610-5.
- ^ Herrera Gómez, Coral (2011). La construcción sociocultural del amor romántico. Fundamentos. ISBN 978-84-245-1200-2.
- ^ Herrera Gómez, Coral (2013). Bodas Diversas y Amores Queer. ISBN 978-14-927-6808-1.
- ^ Herrera Gómez, Coral (2014). Bodas reales, bodas patriarcales: análisis queer de la boda de los príncipes de Asturias. Haika. ISBN 978-84-617-0520-7. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016.
