Representations, experiences and emotionalities about being victims of crime

Reflections from the stories of Montevideo merchants

Abstract

This article analyzes from different theoretical perspectives the ways in which crime victims are constructed from their own experiences and from their emotionality and manage to position themselves as victims. Seeks to reflect on the emotional processes by which the victims are built and rebuilt from their experiences. Based on the native categories used by the victims, it will be a profound discussion on the role that emotions play in daily life and in the political struggle for recognition. The ways and means in which subjects can transmit their commitment to their causes and express it publicly through emotional categories will be analyzed. Then it will be analyzed what social and political uses these categories may have, as resources in favor of the victims, but also as possible resources that build social and political antagonisms.