Testimonio teatral de la violencia contra las mujeres en la dictadura argentina: NN 12 de Gracia Morales

Abstract

This research paper focuses on Hispanic contemporary theatre and the representation of violence against women during the last military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983). With this aim, it analysed NN 12 (2008), written by Gracia Morales, which examines the topic of violence perpetrated by the State, especially sexual and obstetric. To demonstrate how theatrical fiction has the capacity of creating new subjectivities based on the historical reality and argue its vindicative capacity, a critique and comparative analysis of the text NN 12 and the spoken and written testimony of women who were tortured and, in most cases, were assassinated during the Argentinian dictatorship was undertaken.