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The Mothers of La Plaza de Mayo: A Peace Movement
Author(s) -
Abreu Hernandez Viviana M.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
peace and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1468-0130
pISSN - 0149-0508
DOI - 10.1111/0149-0508.00235
Subject(s) - resistance (ecology) , peace movement , movement (music) , social movement , direct action , politics , political action , futures contract , feminism , action (physics) , political science , gender studies , sociology , law , art , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , financial economics , economics , biology , aesthetics
On April 30, 1977, at 3:30 in the afternoon a historical transformation began in Argentina. This transformation was carried out by Argentinean women acting in the social and political spheres against a military regime that directly affected them and their futures. The Mothers of La Plaza de Mayo have reshaped the concepts of motherhood, feminism, activism, resistance, and social action in Argentina and the rest of the world. This study looks at the Mothers of La Plaza de Mayo as a peace movement instead of a human rights movement, resistance movement, or feminist movement, as it has been previously analyzed. Looking at the literature analyzing peace movements and nonviolent direct action, I propose that the Mothers of La Plaza de Mayo should be seen as a peace movement.