Irreconcilable Differences
Political Culture and Gender Violence during the Chilean Transition to Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4500422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hillary Hiner (0000-0003-3016-042X), María J Azócar (0000-0002-6332-9773) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 52-72 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x15570884 |
| OpenAlex | W2100705739 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 52 |
The politics of national reconciliation during the transitional period of the 1990s in Chile constructed a hegemonic framework that affected discourses in other domains in multilayered ways. In order to achieve consensus among its various factions, the Concertación used "reconciliation" discourse to portray the nation as a family, and potentially divisive issues were framed in the most apolitical, ahistorical, and technical way. In this context, gender violence was construed as a matter of family and individual liberties, and the objective of the first family violence law was maintaining the family intact. The framework of reconciliation and its association with Christian forgiveness and family unity promoted the use of conciliation rather than sentencing as the primary means of settling domestic violence disputes and made it difficult for those affected by gender violence to achieve justice. However, the foundational discourses of the 1990s served an important purpose in opening up discursive spaces on gender violence that could be further refined. Las políticas de reconciliación nacional durante el periodo de transición de los 1990 en Chile armaron un marco hegémonico que afectó el discurso en otros campos de múltiples maneras. Para lograr el consenso entre sus diferentes facciones, la Concertación usó el discurso de la "reconciliación" para describir la nación como una familia y los temas que pudieran suscitar discrepancias fueron enmarcados de la manera más apolítica, ahistórica y técnica. En este contexto, la violencia de género fue interpretada como una cuestión de libertades individuales y de la familia, y el objetivo de la primera ley sobre violencia familiar fue mantener a la familia unida. El marco de reconciliación y su asociación con el perdón cristiano y la unidad familiar promovieron el uso de la conciliación en lugar de la sanción penal como el medio principal para resolver las disputas de violencia doméstica. Esto hizo difícil que aquellas personas afectadas por la violencia de género recibieran justicia. Sin embargo, los discursos fundacionales de los 1990 sirvieron para abrir más espacios de discusión sobre la violencia de género, y ésto es algo que podría ser profundizado
Art · Conciliation · Context (archaeology) · Family law · Forgiveness · Geography · Hegemony · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America · Gender Studies · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America
Conciencia jurídica y autoridad judicial
The abandonment of the family courts' intrafamily violence procedures
Construction of subjects generated in the memories of political violence in the Chilean transition
Maternidades Transgresoras
The Normalization of Conservative Gender Politics in Chile and the Role of Civil Society
From the Street to the Courtroom
Postdoctoral women’s academic trajectories and precarity in Chilean universities
A propósito de la unión civil en Chile
Ideologías De La Transición Chilena Subyacentes en Los Discursos Presidenciales De Post-Dictadura
LGBTQ+ Tensions in the 2018 Chilean Feminist Tsunami
Finding Feminism through Faith
Cultural Secularization and Political Secularism as Mirror Processes. The Case of Chile
Domestic Violence
Sex and the State
Why Women Protest
On the FrontlinesGender, War, and the Post-Conflict Process
How “Transitions” Reshaped Human Rights
The Justice Balance
Women and change in Latin America
Activists beyond Borders
Fear at the Edge
Women's Police Stations
Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean
Everyday Revolutionaries
The New Law and Economic Development
Human Rights and Democratization in Latin America
Remembering Pinochet’s Chile
Reckoning with Pinochet
Enduring Violence
Feminists Theorize the Political
Voces soterradas, violencias ignoradas
Domestic Violence at the Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender
Treating Poorly Healed Wounds
Does Feminism Need a Theory of Transitional Justice? An Introductory Essay
Beyond apology
Judicialising and (de) Criminalising Domestic Violence in Latin America
Feminist engagement with restorative justice
Justice From the Victim’s Perspective
Gendered Violence and Restorative Justice
The State and Violence Against Women in Peru
Truth Commissions for Chile and El Salvador
Restorative Justice and Gendered Violence
Battling for Hearts and Minds
Mapping the Margins
Activists beyond borders
Tipping the Civil-Military Balance
The Impact of Human Rights Trials in Latin America
Defining a Democracy
"State Feminism" and Women's Movements
Beyond Separate Spheres
Filling the Glass
Feminism and Cultural Memory
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |