RT Article
T1 Naming and shaming victims: the semantics of victimhood
JF International journal of transitional justice
VO 10
IS 3
SP 432
OP 450
A1 Waardt, Mijke de
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1843782456
AB This article examines how victimhood is constructed on a daily basis in postconflict Peru. It seeks to advance the empirical study of the politics of victimhood and analyzes how external modes of identification of Peruvian victim-survivors influence the self-identification processes and the collective action strategies of organized victim-survivors. The article shows that the uses of the notion of victimhood influence the degree to which victim-survivors receive legal, political and social recognition, as well as the degree to which their role as active citizens with an ability to vocalize and represent their claims is accepted. The overall argument is that deconstructing the side effects of transitional justice interventions on relationships between social organizations is important for enhancing understanding of the possibilities and constraints of civil society organizations to raise awareness regarding human rights violations.
K1 Semantics of victimhood
K1 Politics of victimhood
K1 Victim organizations
K1 Vernacularization
K1 Peru
DO 10.1093/ijtj/ijw011