Genocide memorialization and gendered remembrance in Guatemala and Cambodia Chapter uri icon

abstract

  • Genocide remembrance and post-genocide reconciliation are not gender neutral. Womens voices in post-conflict peace and reconciliation are disproportionately silent. Female voices, however, matter because they provide a more complete narrative, and give us insight into womens networks of interactions that offer an understanding of peace and even forgiveness in the wake of genocide. This chapter focuses on the genocidal experience of Cambodia and Guatemala by examining various forms of memorialization and womens agency in the process of memorial construction and their representation in memorials. Both cases of genocide permit meaningful comparative analysis, and it is explored how the potential for forgiveness has unique cultural associations. A feminist standpoint theory is employed to provide a lens to understanding the genocidal and post-genocidal experiences of women. A gendered lens allows for an integrated understanding of how women, often a peripheralized group, cultivate a double consciousness that gives them a unique mode of seeing, along with situated knowledge that affords them an opportunity to promote change in their respective societies for the better.

author list (cited authors)

  • DiGeorgio-Lutz, J., & Mandujano, M.

complete list of authors

  • DiGeorgio-Lutz, JoAnn||Mandujano, Martha C Galvan

Book Title

  • Remembrance and Forgiveness

publication date

  • January 2020