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VII - Countering the Revolution Frame

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2023

Rachel Schmidt
Affiliation:
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Ontario
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This chapter illustrates the disputes around the revolution frame discussed in Chapter 6 and the impact of these contests. Supplemented by interviews with government officials, police officers, soldiers, and other ex-combatants, this chapter examines the long-term effects of government framing strategies that demonize rebel actors who may later become political figures. In particular, this chapter looks at how the “narco-terrorist” framing utilizes women guerrillas in particular to discredit the FARC and ELN and positions the government as the savior for these women. But upon demobilization, decades of stigmatization from these framing contests mean that ex-combatant are in constant fear of being discovered and have to hide their pasts. Indeed, many of them have lost homes and jobs once “outed” as former rebels.

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Framing a Revolution
Narrative Battles in Colombia's Civil War
, pp. 192 - 215
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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