Moved by affection: three women in resistance to dictatorship in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay (1954-1989)

Authors

  • Cristina Scheibe Wolff
  • Tamy Amorim da Silva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1807-1384.2013v10n1p190

Abstract

This paper discusses the relationship of affection and commitment in political movements that fought for human rights during the civil-military dictatorships in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, focusing on three women who occupied an important place in resistance to dictatorship. They are: Therezinha Godoy Zerbini, leader of the Feminine Movement for Amnesty, Brazil; Carmen Miranda Casco de Lara Castro founder of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Paraguay; and Loyola Guzmán Lara, organizer of the Association of Detainees, Disappeared and Martyrs arrested and missing in Bolivia. The aim of this work is to propose a comparative analysis of the political action of these three women in three different countries, to understand how they acted at a period in which many people was paralyzed by dictatorships.

Author Biographies

Cristina Scheibe Wolff

Doutora em História Social pela Universidade de São Paulo, USP, São Paulo, SP. Professora Associada do Departamento de História da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC, Florianópolis, SC. Atua no Programa de Pós-Graduação em História e no Programa de Pós-Graduação Interdisciplinar em Ciências Humanas. Bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa do CNPq. É uma das coordenadoras editoriais da Revista Estudos Feministas.

Tamy Amorim da Silva

Graduada em História, Licenciatura e Bacharelado pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC, Florianópolis, SC. Apoio Técnico-CNPq do Laboratório de Estudos de Gênero e História.

Published

2013-06-11

Issue

Section

Dossiê: Militância e vida cotidiana: os anos 60 e 70 no Cone Sul. Organização:Alejandra Oberti, Claudia Bacci, Cristina Scheibe Wolff e Mariela Peller