LA FEMME COMME CHAMP DE BATAILLE DE MATÉI VISNIEC : LES ACTES DE VIOLENCE SEXUELLE DANS LES GUERRES INTERETHNIQUES
La Femme Comme Champ de Bataille by Matéi Visniec: The Sexual Fight in the Interethnic War

Summary/Abstract: La femme comme champ de bataille by Matéi Visniec was created in 1997 at Théâtre des Roues in Avignon and published the same year by Éditions Actes Sud – Papiers. The author reveals that, in order to write this play, he was inspired by several books on inter-ethnic wars that took place in the Balkans in the late 20th century and by real testimonials that were collected by VeliborČolic in the volume Chronique des oubliés (1994, Éditions La Digitale). In this play, the author dramatizes the story of a woman who was raped by five men. Due to this tragic event, she suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder. Dorra initially refuses to talk with her psychologist, Kate Mc’Noil, who is specialized in psychoanalytic treatment. After a while, the two women begin to talk about their lives, the Balkans, the United States and the inter-ethnic wars.Nowadays, the far-right political parties, such as the National Front in France, gain ground slowly but surely across Europe. The economic crisis and the non-European immigration are often considered to be the causes of the rise of the far-right in some countries of the European Union. Victims of violence, the refugees from Middle East frequently experience difficulties in settling in EU. Many journalists from EurActiv, an independent European media platform, reveal that some refugees, who had to leave their countries, mostly following terrorist attacks, arrive in Europe, often become victims of violence and, in some cases, are even raped. Aline Robert publishes, for instance, on 10 November 2015, an article entitled “L’UE ferme les yeux face à la violence envers les migrantes” where she reveals the tragic fate of some female refugees who fled their homes since the outbreak of the civil war in Syria and who were exposed even in Europe to different forms of violence.

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