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Book SynopsisAgainst 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.Alarcón
Trade Review"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 Rodríguez, Humanities Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State University
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.Alarcón
