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This article analyzes how legitimacy of both male and female politicians in Cambodia is built through discourses of violence and reconstructed memories of the violent Khmer Rouge regime. It finds that politicians establish legitimacy by presenting themselves as having suffered during this period like ordinary Cambodians. It also discusses how women politicians use memories of violence in their strategies to gain political authority in a context where women are traditionally seen as non-political. The articl

Author

Khath Bunthorn

Language

EN