Coral Herrera Explained

Coral Herrera
Birth Name:	Coral Herrera Gómez
Birth Date:	1977
Birth Place:	Madrid, Spain
Citizenship:	Costa Rica

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.

Education

Coral 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

After 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

• Más allá de las etiquetas: hombres, mujeres y trans (2010).^[10]
• La construcción sociocultural del amor romántico (2011).^[11]
• Bodas Diversas y Amores Queer (2013).^[12]
• Bodas reales, bodas patriarcales: análisis queer de la boda de los príncipes de Asturias (2014).^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Herrera Gómez . Coral . 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 . 2009 . 9 June 2017 . 4 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170204011111/https://es.scribd.com/doc/219073332/Coral-Herrera-Go-mez-La-Construccio-n-Sociocultural-de-la-Realidad-del-Ge-nero-y-del-Amor-Roma-ntico . dead .
2. Web site: Haikita – El blog de Coral Herrera Gómez . 27 January 2017. inoutradio.com .
3. http://www.pikaramagazine.com/author/coral-herrera/ coral-herrera
4. http://www.lr21.com.uy/cultura/1135613-la-feminista-coral-herrera-lanzo-su-nuevo-libro-bodas-diversas-y-amores-queer La feminista Coral Herrera lanzó su nuevo libro Bodas Diversas y Amores Queer. La Red 21. October 14, 2013
5. Web site: Amor romántico y desigualdad de género. Revista Feminista Casa de la Mujer. 2011. . 9 June 2017 . 4 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170204004459/http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/mujer/article/view/6506/6565 . dead .
6. http://www.publico.es/espana/amor-tan-adictivo-drogas.html "El amor es tan adictivo como las drogas"
7. http://www.pikaramagazine.com/2011/10/el-amor-no-deberia-basarse-en-la-necesidad-en-el-miedo-a-la-soledad-ni-en-la-exclusividadcoral-herrera-gomez-afirma-que-mujeres-y-hombres-sufren-por-el-ideal-del-amor-romantico-aunque-no-de-la-m/ “El amor no debería basarse en la necesidad, en el miedo a la soledad ni en la exclusividad”
8. http://www.entretantomagazine.com/2012/09/01/coral-herrera-gomez-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/ 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.
9. https://es.globalvoices.org/2013/12/12/amor-romantico-vs-igualdad-de-genero-una-entrevista-con-coral-herrera/ Amor romántico vs igualdad de género: Una entrevista con Coral Herrera. Global Voices. 12 December, 2013.
10. Book: Más allá de las etiquetas: hombres, mujeres y trans . 2010 . Txalaparta . 978-84-8136-610-5 .
11. Book: Herrera Gómez, Coral . La construcción sociocultural del amor romántico . 2011. Fundamentos . 978-84-245-1200-2 .
12. Book: Herrera Gómez, Coral . Bodas Diversas y Amores Queer . 2013. 978-14-927-6808-1 .
13. Book: Herrera Gómez, Coral . Bodas reales, bodas patriarcales: análisis queer de la boda de los príncipes de Asturias . 2014 . Haika . 978-84-617-0520-7 . 7 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161107131434/https://es.scribd.com/doc/270967889/Bodas-Reales-Bodas-Patriarcales-Coral-Herrera-Gomez . dead .