JOURNAL ARTICLE

Guerrilla Governance: Troubling Gender in the FARC.

  • Published In: Human Rights Quarterly, 2024, v. 46, n. 3. P. 411 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Theidon, Kimberly 3 of 3

Abstract

All armed groups have internal regulations, and these regulations frequently involve the governance of affect, intimacy, and reproduction. Drawing upon [End Page 411] my ethnographic research with female former combatants from Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), I explore the gendered aspects of these governance regimes. How was intimacy dictated and policed by commanders and peers? What are the tropes regarding women and violence, and how are these frequently eroticized? What forms of reproductive governance were exercised within the ranks? For women who chose to leave the FARC, either informally or via official Demobilization, Disarmament, and Reintegration programs, to what extent does reintegration involve the redomestication of "transgressive" women? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Human Rights Quarterly. 2024/08, Vol. 46, Issue 3, p411
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0275-0392
  • DOI:10.1353/hrq.2024.a933871
  • Accession Number:179294872
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