Book contents
- Framing a Revolution
- Framing a Revolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- I What’s in a Frame?
- II A History of (Gendered) Violence in Colombia
- III Navigating Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Colombia
- IV Framing Victimhood
- V Contesting the Victimhood Frame
- VI Framing a Revolution
- VII Countering the Revolution Frame
- VIII Deserters versus Loyalists
- IX Contesting the Deserter Frame
- X Framing Reintegration
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
VI - Framing a Revolution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 March 2023
- Framing a Revolution
- Framing a Revolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- I What’s in a Frame?
- II A History of (Gendered) Violence in Colombia
- III Navigating Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Colombia
- IV Framing Victimhood
- V Contesting the Victimhood Frame
- VI Framing a Revolution
- VII Countering the Revolution Frame
- VIII Deserters versus Loyalists
- IX Contesting the Deserter Frame
- X Framing Reintegration
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter outlines the archetypical framing contest found in many conflicts: that of terrorist versus revolutionary. While this contest is hardly novel, the ways in which combatants navigate these contests and their corresponding identities, and how such contests affect disengagement decisions and reintegration experiences, is not well understood. This chapter starts by going back to Mari, the FARC loyalist who introduced the book. Mari discusses her anger around how women have been framed by the government – as prostitutes, bad mothers, and manipulated victims. She and many other FARC combatants claim that these stories are made up by government informants and infiltrators, weaving a picture in which any woman who claims they were abused in FARC ranks is painted as a lying traitor.
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- Framing a RevolutionNarrative Battles in Colombia's Civil War, pp. 158 - 191Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023