The women of the Abya Yala Aymaras, Mapuches, Nahuas, Guaranis and Pijaos face multiple simultaneous oppressions that turn their bodies into territories of resistance. These oppressions include capitalism, colonialism and patriarchy, which have been imposed and continue to impose external norms and values on their bodies, their identities and their sexuality. Through the method of life histories, the voices of these women have been heard, allowing us to enter into their processes of subjectivation in relation to their bodies and sexuality, and how these are configured under different forms of violence. Their experiences reveal how they signify their sexuality, their relationship with their bodies and those of other women, and how they organize and care for themselves in response to the violence experienced by men and women in different spheres of their social life.
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