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Memory, truth, and justice in contemporary Latin America
Title
Memory, truth, and justice in contemporary Latin America / edited by Roberta Villalón.
ISBN
9781442267244
1442267240
9781442267251
1442267259
Publication
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017
Physical Description
vi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Summary
"This text is the first to address the second wave of memory and justice mobilization throughout Latin America. Pairing clear explanations of concepts and debates with cases studies, the volume offers a unique opportunity for students to understand and interpret the history and politics of Latin American countries"--Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Memory, truth, and justice in Latin America Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 28, 2017
Series
Latin American Perspectives In The Classroom
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Memory, truth, and justice in twenty-first century Latin America / Roberta Villalón
Part I. Framing collective memory : counter-hegemonic and master narratives
Introduction to Part I / Roberta Villalón
Genesis, uses, and significations of the Nunca Más report in Argentina / Emilio Crenzel
"We're all victims" : changes in the narrative of "national reconciliation" in Argentina / Valentina Salvi ; translated by Luis Alberto Hernández
Irreconcilable differences : political culture and gender violence during the Chilean transition to democracy / Hillary Hiner and María José Azócar
Part II. Defining historical periods, blame, and reparation
Introduction to Part II / Roberta Villalón
The memory of the national and the national as memory / Juan Poblete
Between two pasts : dictatorships and the politics of memory in Bolivia / Francisco Adolfo García Jerez and Juliane Müller ; translated by Margot Olavarria
Colombia's gallery of memory : reexamining democracy through human rights lenses / Erika Márquez
Part III. Cultures of trauma, healing, and justice
Introduction to Part III / Roberta Villalón
Trauma and the politics of memory in the Uruguayan dictatorship / Lorenzo D'Orsi
Living with ghosts : death, exhumation, and reburial among the Maya in Guatemala / Virginia Garrard-Burnett
Argentina's trials : new ways of writing memory / Susana Kaiser
Part IV. Arts, media, museums, and memory
Introduction to Part IV / Roberta Villalón
The murals of La Victoria : imaginaries of Chilean popular resistance / Alexis Cortés ; translated by Margot Olavarria
Choreography of a massacre : memory and performance in the Ayacucho Carnaval / Renzo Aroni Sulca ; translated by Margot Olavarria
Reckoning with dictatorship in Brazil : the double-edged role of artistic-cultural production / Nina Schneider and Rebecca J. Atencio
Historical memory at El Salvador's Museo de La Palabra y La Imagen / Diana Carolina Sierra Becerra
Conclusion: Complexities, controversies and the value of collective memory and social justice / Roberta Villalón.
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