Crime and Exhibition of Prostitutes in Northern Chile. Image Production and Use of Murdered Women Bodies

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Lilith Kraushaar

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The classifications of the prostitute bodies by exclusion’s operations, in specific historical moments, question the imaginary and the meanings of these classifications, and the mechanisms used to distinguish the prostitutional body. We analyzed here some media pictures of two police cases of murdered women: “the woman of black boots” of Calama in 1969 and “the sunken woman” of Antofagasta in 1983, both in Northern Chile. The public exhibition of these bodies show the convergence of speeches of sexuality, violence and desire, the gender and class relations inscribed on the “prostitute” figure, and the re-signification of these women as popular saints in those mining cities.

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Lilith Kraushaar

Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile lilithkraushaar@gmail.com