Being Political Protagonists

Activist Trajectories and Gender Awareness of Female Chileans Exiled in Costa Rica

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ID4770176
AuthorsMarcela Ramírez‐hernández (0000-0002-4004-4003, Universidad Nacional, corresponding author)
Year2025
Publication date2025-05-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Latin American Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-3050 • E-ISSN: 1470-9856
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/blar.70016
OpenAlexW4410376768
LanguageEN
References cited15

This article reconstructs the political trajectories of Chilean exiled women settling in Costa Rica. It analyses the manifestations and transmutations of their political praxis before, during and after the period of ostracism, based on life stories reconstructed through semi-structured interviews with several women who began militancy before the 1973 coup d'état and are still active in the struggles for memory. Analysis shows how political praxis during exile facilitated alternative ways of conceiving citizenship, linking transnationally with solidarity networks and making their healing process a political instrument. During exile, the intersection between their background of militancy and detention, their political practices and social contexts promoted the development of gender perspectives that explain and redefine traumatic experiences

Development economics · Economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Racism, and Human Rights · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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