The gender and morality in armed leftists in Brazil and Argentina. The cases of ALN and PRT-ERP

  • Lilian Back
Keywords: Left armed, Gender, Morality, Women

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze, so comparative aspects of revolutionary morality forged by two armed leftist organizations, one from Brazil and one from Argentina, using as a major tool for reflection on gender. The organizations studied were the ALN and the PRT-ERP. A major concern was the realization that these meanings of gender rules and representations of guerrilla ideal carried with it and what consequences they may have had on the lives of militants. It was observed that during the year, although the armed left, from the standpoint of morals, has been generally more conservative than what the other movements "of 1968", produced in its interior significant advances in displacement the boundaries of genre.

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