Memory, Truth, and Justice in Contemporary Latin America
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Memory, Truth, and Justice in Contemporary Latin America by Roberta Villaln
This powerful text provides the first systematic analysis of the second wave of memory and justice mobilization throughout Latin America. Pairing clear explanations of concepts and debates with case studies, the book offers a unique opportunity for students to interpret the history and politics of Latin American countries. The contributors provide insight into human rights issues and grassroots movements that are essential for a broader understanding of struggles for justice, memory, and equality across the globe, especially during our current unsettled times of political polarization, violence, repression, and popular resistance worldwide.
An invaluable contribution to our understanding of the ways memory intersects with the political search for justiceBy attending not only to institutional practices but also to vernacular rhetorics, the case studies in this volume expand our understanding of the kind of memory work necessary to seek a just and sustainable resolution to conflict. The contributors to this volume provide detailed and compelling studies of memory practices in various countries within Latin America. Taken together, the collected essays open up a dialogue that will be useful for students of the region but also for any who are interested in the way public memory is involved in efforts toward achieving social justice. -- Kendall R. Phillips, Syracuse University
This invaluable text offers a nuanced and multifaceted view of the second wave of memory politics in Latin America. Spanning the varied yet aligned contexts from Argentina to Chile and Guatemala to Uruguay, among others, the book is an enormously useful introduction to the contradictory, complex, and intersecting mobilizations of memory, human rights, reconciliation, and social justice that have defined Latin America’s relationship to its history of violence and state terror. -- Marita Sturken, New York University
This invaluable text offers a nuanced and multifaceted view of the second wave of memory politics in Latin America. Spanning the varied yet aligned contexts from Argentina to Chile and Guatemala to Uruguay, among others, the book is an enormously useful introduction to the contradictory, complex, and intersecting mobilizations of memory, human rights, reconciliation, and social justice that have defined Latin America’s relationship to its history of violence and state terror. -- Marita Sturken, New York University
Roberta Villalón is a Fulbright scholar, associate professor of sociology, and the chairperson of the Sociology and Anthropology Department at St. John’s University, New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781442267251 |
| ISBN 10 | 1442267259 |
| Title | Memory, Truth, and Justice in Contemporary Latin America |
| Author | Roberta Villalón |
| Series | Latin American Perspectives In The Classroom |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
| Year published | 2017-07-06 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
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