Bioy: violence against female bodies over the Peruvian anti-subversive fight

Abstract

Gender violence is always present in wars. Women’s bodies have been used, raped and beaten in view of physically and morally destroying the enemy, as  Rita Segato states. Over the Peruvian armed conflict, between 1980 and 2000, a large number of women were victims of aggression and intimidation. Most of these cases were not officially denounced, but have been retaken by various artistic expressions. An instance is the novel Bioy, written by Diego Trelles Paz in 2012. This article analyzes the fictional representation this contemporary novel makes of the violence exercised on female bodies in the context of the Peruvian anti-subversive fight.