The Power of Memory and Violence in Central America

ISBN-13: 9783319897844 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 238 str.

Rachel Hatcher

Opis

This book explores the power of words in post-Peace El Salvador and Guatemala-their violent and equally liberating power.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Rachel Hatcher is an independent researcher. She held fellowships at the Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice at the University of the Free State, South Africa, and Concordia University, Québec.

Blurb

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 many victims does violence to those victims, while remembering and giving testimony about the past can be cathartic for survivors, relatives, and even for perpetrators. This project will appeal to readers interested in development, societies in transition, global peace studies, and Central American studies.

Rachel Hatcher is an independent researcher. She held fellowships at the Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice at the University of the Free State, South Africa, and Concordia University, Québec.