Memories of Women’s Militancy before the Coup d’État in Chile (Valparaíso)

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Abstract

This work deals with the links between Gender and Social Memories of Dictatorship in
Chile, focusing on the political trajectories of left-wing female activists. We begin by problematizing the connections between Gender and Memory, followed by an analysis of the beginning of these women’s political activity. We draw from a Life History methodology to learn about women who participated as young activists during the Popular Union, were politically persecuted after the Coup d’État, were involved in resistance groups, and remain politically active today. The analysis explores the way gender is reproduced and challenged in the making of a memory of the recent past. Departing from there, we conclude about the appropriateness of a Women’s Standpoint as a starting one, as Feminist Epistemologies claim, in order to articulate Social Memory and Gender.

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María Angélica Cruz Contreras, Instituto de Sociología, Universidad de Valparaíso

Socióloga formada en la Universidad de Chile y doctora en Sociología por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Académica del Instituto de Sociología de la Universidad de Valparaíso. Sus líneas de investigación son las epistemologías feministas, las relaciones entre ciencias sociales y políticas públicas y, especialmente, las memorias sociales sobre la dictadura cívico-militar chilena. Ha investigado las disputas por las memorias sobre el rol de la Iglesia Católica en la dictadura, y la transmisión intergeneracional de las memorias del pasado reciente. Actualmente lleva a cabo un proyecto Fondecyt sobre las articulaciones entre género y memoria social en Santiago y Valparaíso.

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Published

2018-11-28

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Cruz Contreras, M. A. (2018). Memories of Women’s Militancy before the Coup d’État in Chile (Valparaíso). Revista Estudos Feministas, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1590/%x

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Vol. 26 No. 3 (2018)

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