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Karine Tinat
Visiting Scholars
Center for International Studies (CERI)
El Colegio de México
Research Interest(s): Gender-based violence, sexuality and the body, subjectivities, gender identities
Discipline(s): Sociology
Research Group(s): Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, Violence, war and peace
Geographical Area(s): Latin America and the Caribbean, North America
Country(ies): Mexico
Language(s): French, Spanish, English
Biography
Karine Tinat is a French sociologist and anthropologist, Professor-Researcher at El Colegio de México, where she is affiliated with the Center for Gender Studies. Trained in France and based in Mexico since 2003, she has held several senior academic positions, including Director of the Center for Sociological Studies, coordinator of academic programs, and founder of a peer-reviewed journal in gender studies (Revista Interdisciplinaria de Estudios de Género).
Her research lies at the intersection of the sociology of the body and sexuality, gender studies, and feminist theory. It focuses in particular on sexual and gender-based violence—especially rape— as well as on adolescent pregnancies, examined through life-course trajectories and family and social configurations. She has also worked on eating disorders, sex work, the relationships between sex and religion, and the work of Simone de Beauvoir.
She is the author of Las bocas útiles. Aproximaciones sociológicas y antropológicas a la anorexia and has edited several landmark collective volumes in gender studies and sexuality. A member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (Level II) and of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, she was awarded the rank of Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Mérite (France) in 2023. Her work is grounded in an ongoing academic dialogue between Mexican and French institutions, complemented by other international invitations and collaborations.
Current Research
Ses travaux actuels développent une réflexion approfondie sur les logiques de pouvoir et de domination qui structurent les situations de viol, tant dans le cadre conjugal que hors de celui-ci. Sa prochaine publication, consacrée à l’affaire Mazan, paraîtra en 2026 aux éditions Penguin Random House.
publications
Academic books:
Herrera, Cristina, Tinat, Karine, Giorguli, Silvia (2023), Mirar el mundo con lentes de género, El Colegio de México, CDMX, 561p.
Parrini, Rodrigo, Tinat, Karine (2022), El sexo y el texto. Etnografías y sexualidad en América Latina, El Colegio de México, CDMX, 485p.
Tinat, Karine, Laverde, Carlos (2021), Más allá del rescate de víctimas. Trabajo sexual y dispositivos antitrata, El Colegio de México, CDMX, 262p.
Tinat, Karine (2019), Las bocas útiles. Aproximaciones sociológias y antropológicas a la anorexia, El Colegio de México, CDMX, 347p.
Tinat, Karine, Alvarado, Arturo (2017), Sociología y género. Estudios en torno a performances, violencias y temporalidades. El Colegio de México, México D.F., 299p.
Tinat, Karine (coord.) (2016), Ficciones de género: artes, cuerpos y masculinidades. El Colegio de México, México D.F., 171p.
Tinat, Karine (2014), Los pijos de Madrid. Reflexiones sobre la identidad y la cultura de un grupo de jóvenes, El Colegio de México, México D.F., 344p.
Karadimas, Dimitri, Tinat, Karine (2014), Sexo y fe. Lecturas antropológicas entre prácticas religiosas y creencias sexuales. El Colegio de México, México D.F., 291p.
Tinat, Karine (coord.) (2011), La Herencia Beauvoir. Reflexiones críticas y personales sobre su vida y obra. 1ª reimpresión, El Colegio de México, México D.F., 265p.
Tepichin, Ana María, Tinat, Karine, Gutiérrez de Velasco, Luz Elena, (2010), Relaciones de género, Colección “Los grandes problemas de México”, Volumen VIII, El Colegio de México, México D.F., 315p.
