The myths of violence: gender, conflict, and community in El Salvador

Hume, M. (2008) The myths of violence: gender, conflict, and community in El Salvador. Latin American Perspectives, 35(5), pp. 59-76. (doi: 10.1177/0094582X08321957)

Abstract

Empirical data gathered in El Salvador indicate that knowledge about violence there is built upon an exclusionary and highly masculinist logic. Violence has come to be perceived as normal through a political project that has actively employed terror to pursue its ends. This process has been made possible by a legitimization of violence as a key element of male gender identity. Political circumstances in El Salvador, principally the war, have both nourished and reinforced a sense of gender identity based on polarization, exclusion, and hegemony.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Hume, Professor Mo
• Authors: Hume, M.
• Subjects: F History United States, Canada, Latin America > F1201 Latin America (General); G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Politics
• Journal Name: Latin American Perspectives
• ISSN: 0094-582X
• ISSN (Online): 1552-678X