Epistemologies of Pleasure: The Clitoris in Dispute

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Review of "The Censored Pleasure: Clitoris and Thought" by Catherine Malabou, exposing the historical erasure of the clitoris and its exclusion from Western epistemologies. The clitoris is proposed as an organ of thought and resistance, subverting phallocentric and colonial logics, opening space for insurgent epistemologies challenging dominant knowledge.

Keywords: clitoris; pleasure; epistemicide; coloniality; resistance.

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Danielle Santos de Freitas, Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA), São Luís, Maranhão, Brasil, danny.freitas09@gmail.com

Doutoranda em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA). 

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2025-09-08

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SANTOS DE FREITAS, Danielle. Epistemologies of Pleasure: The Clitoris in Dispute. Sociedade e Cultura, Goiânia, v. 28, 2025. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/fcs/article/view/83143. Acesso em: 5 feb. 2026.

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Vol. 28 (2025)

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Book Reviews

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