Testimony 875
Item
Title
Testimony 875
Description
A young mother from Zaporizhzhia describes the emotional toll of Russian occupation, where soldiers referred to themselves as “liberators.” Her testimony captures the dissonance between violent reality and the narrative projected by invading forces. As she juggled caregiving and survival, her voice reveals how propaganda seeks to confuse rather than convince—replacing facts with emotional manipulation. Cynthia Enloe’s work on militarism helps explain how women’s lives are often entangled in the symbolic framing of war, especially when their emotional labor is weaponized to validate occupation (Enloe 2014).
Coverage
Zaporizhzhia Region
Date
2022-07-04
Identifier
875
Publisher
Narratives of War Testimony Project
Rights
C BY-NC-ND 4.0.
