Dictatorship, torture and gender violence in Brazil: intersectional reflections based on Cecília Coimbra’s narrative

Authors

  • Maria Rita Barbosa Piancó Pavão Centro Universitário do Vale do Ipojuca (UNIFAVIP)
  • Fernando da Silva Cardoso Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Keywords:

Military Dictatorship, Brazil. Cecília Coimbra, Violence, Gender

Abstract

This study analyses markers of gender violence against women in Brazil’s military dictatorship years. Through a critical discourse analysis of Cecília Coimbra’s narrative, founder of “Grupo Tortura Nunca Mais/RJ” and a regime Survivor, the paper will problematize the intersectional and colonial frames presented by this universe of violence. The results indicate that the violence perpetrated against women by the repressive mechanisms of the Brazilian dictatorial state, were not only politically founded in the fight against anti-regime demonstrations, but also presented gender violence based on the sexist constructions of the patriarchal system. Although this understanding derives primarily from the experience of a single case among many, Cecília Coimbra’s testimony is endowed with a potential capable of opening the way for identification of other forms of institutionalized violence for subjects and subjectivities, during the Brazilian State of Exception. 

Author Biographies

Maria Rita Barbosa Piancó Pavão, Centro Universitário do Vale do Ipojuca (UNIFAVIP)

Bachelor in law- Centro Universitário do Vale do Ipojuca (UNIFAVIP). Researcher of  O IMAGINÁRIO - Transdisciplinary research group about Esthetics, Esducation and Culture (UFPE/CNPq). Winner Price do Prêmio José Rabelo de Vasconcelos em Pesquisa Acadêmica (2017).

Fernando da Silva Cardoso, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Doctor in Law -  Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, with a research stance on Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. Master in Human Rights - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Assistant professor, Subcoordinator or Research and Extension on Law course - Universidade de Pernambuco - Campus Arcoverde.

Published

2019-05-13

How to Cite

Pavão, M. R. B. P., & Cardoso, F. da S. (2019). Dictatorship, torture and gender violence in Brazil: intersectional reflections based on Cecília Coimbra’s narrative. Journal of Research of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(15), 79-105. Retrieved from //rihumso.unlam.edu.ar/index.php/humanidades/article/view/165

Issue

No. 15 (2019)

Section

Philosophy, Politics and Economy

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