The Power of Memory and Violence in Central America

This book explores the power of words in post-Peace El Salvador and Guatemala-their violent and equally liberating power. The volume explores the entire post-Peace Accords era in both Central American countries. In "post-conflict" settings, denying or forgetting the repressive past and its...

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Main Author: Hatcher, Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Latin America-Politics and government.
Public policy.
Economic development.
Social change.
Economic policy.
ISBN:9783319897851
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: On the Calle del Olvido
  • Chapter 1: The speakers, writers, painters, and plasterers
  • Chapter 2: Schizophrenic memory in the land of La Eterna Primavera
  • Chapter 3: Nunca Más in Guatemala
  • Chapter 4: Verdad or olvido in El Pulgarcito de América
  • Chapter 5: The past as monument in El Salvador
  • Chapter 6: Contested discourse in El Salvador and Guatemala
  • Conclusion: The power of words, and of remembering.

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