Violent, Revenge and Psychosocial Prison

Subjectivities of Ex-Combatant Women in Colombia

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ID5926164
AuthorsLuz Adriana Aristizabal Becerra (0000-0002-3620-6276, Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume20
Issue1
Publication date2020-03-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Subjetividades (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1679-1024 • E-ISSN: 2359-0777
PublisherFundacao Edson Queiroz (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5020/23590777.rs.v20i1.e8707
OpenAlexW3010807976
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

To talk about the violence is to talk about the subjectivities and to understand the importance of the meanings, relations and social practices. In this way, subjectivities are socially constructed and not only individually. Four women who belonged to illegal armed groups in Colombia were interviewed in this study and their stories made visible three categories that describe their subjectivities: 1. Violated subject; 2. Subject in revenge and 3. Subject imprisoned. The first one shows us how the violence genered an impact in the construction of their identities and how it made them vulnerable to decide to be part of illegal armed group. On the other hand, the women participants have been victim of the war. The violence through their life, promoted revenge feelings which mobilized them respond violently to the aggression received towards them or their loved ones. Finally, we observe women imprisoned since before entering prison, women limited, frustrated and dominated by others (psychosocial prison). It is clear that affective bonds (family and society) are a strong influence on the construction of these subjectivities and therefore it is necessary to work from the formation of them. It is also important to recognize the agency that all women have to transform themselves regardless of their starting point and their valuable contribution in the resignification of war

Combatant · Criminology · Political science · Prison · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Sociology · Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia · Criminal Justice and Penology · Law · Psychology · Violence, Education, and Gender Studies

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