The Resource Stories of civil war in El Salvador : a battle over memory, Erik Ching
Stories of civil war in El Salvador : a battle over memory, Erik Ching
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- Summary
- "El Salvador's civil war began in 1980 and ended twelve bloody years later. It saw extreme violence on both sides, including the terrorizing and targeting of civilians by death squads, recruitment of child soldiers, and the death and disappearance of more than 75,000 people. Examining El Salvador's vibrant life-story literature written in the aftermath of this terrible conflict--including memoirs and testimonials--Erik Ching seeks to understand how the war has come to be remembered and rebattled by Salvadorans and what that means for their society today. Ching identifies four memory communities that dominate national postwar views: civilian elites, military officers, guerrilla commanders, and working class and poor testimonialists. Pushing distinct and divergent stories, these groups are today engaged in what Ching terms a "narrative battle" for control over the memory of the war. Their ongoing publications in the marketplace of ideas tend to direct Salvadorans' attempts to negotiate the war's meaning and legacy, and Ching suggests that a more open, coordinated reconciliation process is needed in this postconflict society. In the meantime, El Salvador, fractured by conflicting interpretations of its national trauma, is hindered in dealing with the immediate problems posed by the nexus of neoliberalism, gang violence, and outmigration." -- From back cover
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 345 pages
- Contents
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- Setting the stage: El Salvador's long twentieth century
- The aggrieved minority: civilian elites
- The republic will live as long as the army lives: military officers
- The awakening: guerrilla comandantes before the civil war
- The reckoning: guerrilla comandantes during and after the civil war
- Orders are orders: the rank and file
- Isbn
- 9781469630410
- Label
- Stories of civil war in El Salvador : a battle over memory
- Title
- Stories of civil war in El Salvador
- Title remainder
- a battle over memory
- Statement of responsibility
- Erik Ching
- Subject
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- Bürgerkrieg in El Salvador
- Collective memory
- Collective memory -- El Salvador
- El Salvador
- El Salvador
- El Salvador -- History -- 1979-1992
- El Salvador -- History -- Civil War, 1979-1992
- Elite
- Group identity
- Arbeiter
- Gruppenidentität
- Guerilla
- History
- Kollektives Gedächtnis
- Offizier
- Social classes
- Social classes -- El Salvador
- Soziale Klasse
- Group identity -- El Salvador
- Armut
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "El Salvador's civil war began in 1980 and ended twelve bloody years later. It saw extreme violence on both sides, including the terrorizing and targeting of civilians by death squads, recruitment of child soldiers, and the death and disappearance of more than 75,000 people. Examining El Salvador's vibrant life-story literature written in the aftermath of this terrible conflict--including memoirs and testimonials--Erik Ching seeks to understand how the war has come to be remembered and rebattled by Salvadorans and what that means for their society today. Ching identifies four memory communities that dominate national postwar views: civilian elites, military officers, guerrilla commanders, and working class and poor testimonialists. Pushing distinct and divergent stories, these groups are today engaged in what Ching terms a "narrative battle" for control over the memory of the war. Their ongoing publications in the marketplace of ideas tend to direct Salvadorans' attempts to negotiate the war's meaning and legacy, and Ching suggests that a more open, coordinated reconciliation process is needed in this postconflict society. In the meantime, El Salvador, fractured by conflicting interpretations of its national trauma, is hindered in dealing with the immediate problems posed by the nexus of neoliberalism, gang violence, and outmigration." -- From back cover
- Cataloging source
- NcU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ching, Erik Kristofer
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F1488.3
- LC item number
- .C475 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Guerilla
- Collective memory
- Group identity
- Social classes
- Collective memory
- Group identity
- Social classes
- Arbeiter
- Armut
- Bürgerkrieg in El Salvador
- Elite
- Gruppenidentität
- Kollektives Gedächtnis
- Offizier
- El Salvador
- Soziale Klasse
- El Salvador
- El Salvador
- Label
- Stories of civil war in El Salvador : a battle over memory, Erik Ching
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-335) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Setting the stage: El Salvador's long twentieth century -- The aggrieved minority: civilian elites -- The republic will live as long as the army lives: military officers -- The awakening: guerrilla comandantes before the civil war -- The reckoning: guerrilla comandantes during and after the civil war -- Orders are orders: the rank and file
- Control code
- 925426545
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 345 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469630410
- Lccn
- 2015040518
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)925426545
- Label
- Stories of civil war in El Salvador : a battle over memory, Erik Ching
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-335) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Setting the stage: El Salvador's long twentieth century -- The aggrieved minority: civilian elites -- The republic will live as long as the army lives: military officers -- The awakening: guerrilla comandantes before the civil war -- The reckoning: guerrilla comandantes during and after the civil war -- Orders are orders: the rank and file
- Control code
- 925426545
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 345 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469630410
- Lccn
- 2015040518
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)925426545
Subject
- Bürgerkrieg in El Salvador
- Collective memory
- Collective memory -- El Salvador
- El Salvador
- El Salvador
- El Salvador -- History -- 1979-1992
- El Salvador -- History -- Civil War, 1979-1992
- Elite
- Group identity
- Arbeiter
- Gruppenidentität
- Guerilla
- History
- Kollektives Gedächtnis
- Offizier
- Social classes
- Social classes -- El Salvador
- Soziale Klasse
- Group identity -- El Salvador
- Armut
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