Framing a Revolution
Framing a Revolution
Rhetorical contests about how to frame a war run alongside many armed conflicts. With the rise of internet access, social media, and cyber operations, these propaganda battles have a wider audience than ever before. Yet, such framing contests have attracted little attention in scholarly literature. What are the effects of gendered and strategic framing in civil war? How do different types of individuals - victims, combatants, women, commanders - utilize the frames created around them and about them? Who benefits from these contests, and who loses? Following the lives of eleven ex-combatants from non-state armed groups and supplemented by over one hundred interviews conducted across Colombia, Framing a Revolution opens a window into this crucial part of civil war. Their testimonies demonstrate the importance of these contests for combatants' commitments to their armed groups during fighting and the Colombian peace process, while also drawing implications for the concept of civil war worldwide.
- Introduces framing theory step-by-step using ordinary-language explanations and examples
- Provides in-depth first-person accounts from Colombian ex-combatants about how armed groups frame themselves and the threats around them in civil war
- Provides a gender-based analysis of ex-combatants' experiences of demobilization and reintegration
Reviews & endorsements
‘A valuable addition to the study of DDR, post-conflict societies and the politics of victimhood in Colombia. It will be of great interest to both scholars and practitioners who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the rhetorical dynamics of war in Colombia and its lasting effects on sustainable peacebuilding.’ Daniela Suárez Vargas, International Affairs
‘This book is a shining example of how to thoughtfully conduct research in complicated contexts and with complex research subjects. Finding ways to humanise without justifying violent actions, and to nuance without reinforcing existing stereotypes is an incredibly difficult balancing act, but it is one that Schmidt has achieved with remarkable empathy and astuteness.’ Julia Margaret Zulver, Journal of Latin American Studies
Product details
March 2023Hardback
9781009219556
300 pages
235 × 155 × 22 mm
0.61kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. What's in a frame?
- 2. A history of (gendered) violence in Colombia
- 3. Navigating disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in Colombia
- 4. Framing victimhood
- 5. Contesting the victimhood frame
- 6. Framing a revolution
- 7. Countering the revolution frame
- 8. Deserters vs. loyalists
- 9. Contesting the deserter frame
- 10
- Framing reintegration
- Bibliography
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Index.
