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" The power of memory and violence in Central America / "
Rachel Hatcher.
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866038
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Hatcher, Rachel
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The power of memory and violence in Central America /\ Rachel Hatcher.
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Cham, Switzerland :: Palgrave Macmillan,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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1 online resource (xvii, 238 pages) :: illustrations
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3319897853
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3319897845
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9783319897844
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Intro; Contents; Translations and Acronyms; List of Figures; Chapter 1 Introduction: On the Calle del Olvido; A Note About Language and Sources; References; Chapter 2 The Speakers, Writers, Painters, and Plasterers; The Key Players; The Print Media; References; Chapter 3 Schizophrenic Memory in the Land of La Eterna Primavera; The Ley de Reconciliación Nacional as Forgetting; Perdón as Forgetting; Reconciliation as Forgetting; References; Chapter 4 Nunca Más in Guatemala; Remember so That Nunca Más; Testimonial Truth; Testimonial Non-truths; Official Remembering
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"Desalojos Continue the Genocide"References; Chapter 5 Verdad or Olvido in El Pulgarcito de América; Amnesty and Reconciliation; A Partial Truth I; The "Whole Truth"; A Partial Truth II; Amnesty and Olvido; The Need for Truth; References; Chapter 6 The Past as Monument in El Salvador; Remembering to Prevent Repetition; What Must Be Remembered; Re-writing the War; References; Chapter 7 Contested Discourse in El Salvador and Guatemala; El Salvador; Guatemala; References; Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Power of Words, and of Remembering; References; Index
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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.--
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Collective memory-- Central America.
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Political violence-- Central America.
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Collective memory.
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HISTORY-- Latin America-- Mexico.
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Political violence.
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Politics and government.
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Central America, Politics and government, 1979-
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El Salvador, Politics and government, 1979-1992.
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Guatemala, Politics and government, 1985-
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Central America.
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El Salvador.
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Guatemala.
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972.8053
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F1439.5.H38 2018eb
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