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Más allá de la comisión de la verdad y reconciliación: Memoria, cuerpo y producción cultural de mujeres en el perú (2005–2013)

Abstract

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<p>This dissertation examines literary and cinematographic works concerning the war between the Peruvian Armed Forces and the Peruvian Communist Party Shining Path (1980-2000) produced by contemporary women artists. In particular, it analyzes how these works reveal topics overlooked by the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru (CVR) published on August 28, 2003. To do so, it studies the socio-political and cultural factors that contributed to the violation of human rights during the internal military conflict, especially of women, focusing on questions of memory, identity, and the body. The dissertation analyzes Rocío Silva Santisteban’s poetry collection <em>Las hijas del terror </em>(2005), Claudia Llosa’s film <em>La teta asustada </em>(2009), and Claudia Salazar Jiménez’s novel <em>La</em><em> sangre</em><em> de la aurora</em> (2013). All three works emphasize issues concerning women’s subjectivity and corporality, especially the repression and social trauma suffered by them in an authoritarian context. In them, women actively engage in the armed conflict from various locations and temporalities, and communicate their experiences of subordination and marginality against the violence they went through. They also report how their body was segregated by a policy of sexual objectification. Their perspective allows to question the patriarchal discourse prevalent in Peruvian society, and present an alternative version of the life experiences of women in search of gender justice.</p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Doctor of Philosophy
Level thesis:degree_level
Doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Latin American, Iberian and Latino Cultures
Grantor
The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York
Year dc:date.available
2020

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Mendiolaza, Otilia M
Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
  • Fernando Degiovanni
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Magdalena Perkowska
  • Carlos Riobó

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3520
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:gc_etds-4571

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citation

Mendiolaza, Otilia M. Más allá de la comisión de la verdad y reconciliación: Memoria, cuerpo y producción cultural de mujeres en el perú (2005–2013). Doctoral thesis, The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York, 2020. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3520