Muñoz, John y Villa, Diana. (2023). Mujeres, memoria y resistencia. Universidad de Antioquia

Abstract

This review addresses the key aspects of the book Mujeres, memoria y resistencia published in the city of Medellín by the University of Antioquia in 2023. The book written by researchers John Mario Muñoz Lopera and Diana Sofía Villa Múnera has 126 pages . and presents the biographical portraits of four women, victims of violence and leaders of organizational and protest processes for victims in the city of Medellín. The victimizing events that occurred between 1990 and the 2000s are contextualized within the framework of the dynamics of the internal armed conflict in the department of Antioquia and the style and content of the book is critically analyzed, paying special attention to the case of Ana Fabricia Córdoba as it constitutes a process of collective memory construction in progress. The text also recognizes the place of the publication in the recent interest of the academic community in the personal stories of women immersed in the Colombian conflict from the dual status of victims and perpetrators.