"We, the victims": violence, transitional justice and political subjectivities in the Peruvian context of post-conflict recovery

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Published 05-03-2014
Laura Tejero Tabernero

Abstract

This article critically examines the processes by which transitional justice mechanisms have been institutionalized in Peru, with a specific focus on the ways this socio-legal industry mobilizes and legitimates particular modalities of victimhood —while simultaneously disappearing and delegitimizing others—. The article considers the ways in which newly enacted laws redefine the social and political space within which the concept of victimhood assumes meaning and significance thereby constructing and deconstructing different collective subjects (the "victims") as well as new political subjectivities.
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Keywords

Transitional justice, victim, reparations, political subjectivities

Section
Research Articles