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OverviewThis volume includes contributions of scholars from various fields - the social sciences, journalism, the humanities and the arts - whose work offers insightful and innovative ways to understand the devastating and unprecedented forms of violence currently experienced in Latin America. As an interdisciplinary endeavor, it offers an array of perspectives that contribute to ongoing debates in the study of violence in the region. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gabriela Polit Duenas , Maria Helena RuedaPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.465kg ISBN: 9780230113787ISBN 10: 0230113788 Pages: 258 Publication Date: 09 August 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAgainst Violence and Oblivion: The Case of Colombia's Disappeared; M.V.Uribe Txitzi'n for the Poxnai: Indigenous Women's Discourses on Revolutionary Combat; A.Arias Facing Unseen Violence: Ex-combatants Painting the War in Colombia; M.H.Rueda Considerations on Violence, the Global South, and an Aesthetics of Sobriety; H.Herlinghaus Urban Violence and the Politics of Representation in Recent Brazilian Film; M.Peixoto Ciudad Juarez, Femicide, and the State; S.Tabuenca Chronicles of Everyday Life in Culiacan; G.Polit Ricardo Wiesse's Cantutas; V.Vich The Sounds of Violence: Critical Perspectives from Contemporary Brazil; S.Araújo (In)visible Connections and the Makings of Collective Violence; J.Auyero & M.Mahler Fuerte Apache; C.AlarcónReviewsThis book addresses some of the most important topics on violence throughout the Americas. It constitutes a good reader for students to learn what violence has brought to the continent and to decide what are the networks of meaning violence relates to. - Prof. Ileana Rodriguez, Humanities Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State University <p> This book addresses some of the most important topics on violence throughout the Americas. It constitutes a good reader for students to learn what violence has brought to the continent and to decide what are the networks of meaning violence relates to. --Prof. Ileana Rodriguez, Humanities Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State University Author InformationGABRIELA POLIT Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. MARIA HELENA RUEDA Assistant Professor at Smith College, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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