Title: Motherhood as political voice: The rhetoric of the mothers of Plaza de Mayo
Abstract: This essay uses the Latin American myth of marianismo (the good woman as mother) as a framework for the analysis of the rhetoric of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, a group formed in 1977 by mothers whose children “disappeared” under the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983. The analysis treats the Mothers’ story as an example of the power of “private” voices transferred to the public realm of political action. The marianismo myth defines the Mothers as apolitical and non‐confrontational. The Mothers maintained this identity while acting publicly in a situation where all traditional modes of dissent are suppressed.
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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