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Remembering the Rescuers of Victims of Human Rights Crimes in Latin America
Contributor(s): Esparza, Marcia (Editor), De Ycaza, Carla (Editor), Alfaro, Stephanie (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1498533264     ISBN-13: 9781498533263
Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
OUR PRICE:   $107.91  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Latin America - General
- Political Science | Human Rights
Dewey: 323.098
LCCN: 2016044357
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1 lbs) 218 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Latin America
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
 
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Publisher Description:
This book explores the significance of remembering the rescuers denouncing human rights crimes as well as protecting and sheltering targeted victims-including the dead-during the Cold War state violence in Latin America. In light of newly unearthed archival evidence, testimonial memories, and the continued mobilization of human rights groups to preserve Cold War memory, this timely book moves beyond the victim-perpetrator dichotomy and its discursive studies to focus on those whose moral courage and righteous acts were beacons of hope in the midst of extreme violence. Remembering Latin American "righteousness," a term used in Holocaust literature, is important in recognizing that those who resisted human rights violations and protected victims yesterday are those who often keep the collective memory of that past alive today.