Title
Theatre for transformative gender justice: A comparison of three Peruvian plays on rape during political violence
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Publisher(s)
Taylor and Francis
Abstract
This chapter explores the potentials and problems of theatre for a transformative gender justice agenda. This is an important problem from the perspective of transformative gender justice, for the play does not face its audience with the need to change gender relations specifically. The potential of theatre to transformatively redress sexual violence during conflict is not, therefore, straightforward. The play is nonetheless open to a similar critique as La cautiva, particularly with regards to the victimising portrayal of rape-survivors as innocent and passive. The chapter compares the techniques, circulation, and reception of three Peruvian plays on rape during political violence. In a country where most consider the period of political violence over and dealt with - and almost entirely ignore its gendered dimension - the play forces an appreciation of the specific experiences of women during the conflict, as well as their ongoing trauma from lack of official and national redress.
Start page
230
End page
247
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Temas sociales
Administración pública
Artes de la representación (musicología, ciencias del teatro, dramaturgia)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85109608888
ISBN
9780367508579
Resource of which it is part
Gender, Transitional Justice and Memorial Arts: Global Perspectives on Commemoration and Mobilization
ISBN of the container
9781000389579
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus