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- Title
My Body Is a War Zone: Exhibitions and Testimonies as a Tool for Change.
- Authors
Kahn, Leora; Stone, Katherine
- Abstract
This article has evolved from an exhibition produced with PROOF: Media for Social Justice entitled "My Body Is a War Zone," which was part of a larger project ("Legacy of Rape") consisting of stories from women in four postconflict regions. Drawing on interviews conducted with women in Santa Marta, Colombia, in May 2012 and January 2017, I explore the use of testimony, photography, and exhibition as a means of empowering survivors to become activists. Using the Colombian example, I argue that such exhibitions can transform national and public dialogue by engaging audiences on a personal and emotional level.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; HISTORY of war; WOMEN'S education; ADAPTABILITY (Personality); BODY image; EMOTIONS; EXHIBITIONS; EXPERIENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLIC opinion; RAPE; REFUGEES; SELF-efficacy; SOCIAL change; SOCIAL justice; STORYTELLING; UNITED Nations; CRIME victims; VIOLENCE; WAR crimes; PSYCHOLOGY of women; PATIENT participation; SOCIAL support; CONSUMER activism
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 13, p1578
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801219869545