Manufacturing “Arms” or Legs: An Analysis of the Representation of Soldiers’ Mutilated Bodies in the Colombian Armed Conflict
This article examines the widely-circulated images of two disabled bodies in the Colombian mass media. This representation of two Colombian soldiers disabled by landmines in the armed conflict seems to challenge media images of body normativity. In this analysis, I propose that, while certainly maki...
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Language: | English |
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Iberoamericana / Vervuert
2018-03-01
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Series: | Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal |
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Online Access: | http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/2289 |