Meanings of Violence in Contemporary Latin America

This 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. "This 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"--. "This volume addresses a situation now perceived among the most pressing issues faced by Latin America in our times: the proliferation of increasingly complex forms of violence, a reality with multiple ramifications, marking the socio-political landscape of the region in decisive ways. With contributions by scholars from various fields (the social sciences, journalism, and the humanities), this book examines not only the manifestations and the effects of violence but also the social acts that surround it and make it meaningful. Violence appears here as a natural yet dramatic manifestation of how individuals organize themselves in contemporary Latin America." Front Matter....Pages i-vii Introduction....Pages 1-10 Txitzi’n for the Poxnai: Indigenous Women’s Discourses on Revolutionary Combat....Pages 11-35 Against Violence and Oblivion: The Case of Colombia’s Disappeared....Pages 37-52 Facing Unseen Violence: Ex-combatants Painting the War in Colombia....Pages 53-74 Considerations on Violence, the Global South, and an Aesthetics of Sobriety....Pages 75-89 Urban Violence and the Politics of Representation in Recent Brazilian Film....Pages 91-114 Ciudad Juárez, Femicide, and the State....Pages 115-147 Chronicles of Everyday Life in Culiacán, Sinaloa....Pages 149-168 An Aesthetic Event: Ricardo Wiesse’s Cantutas and Political Violence in Peru....Pages 169-181 Sound, Violence, and Politics: Critical Perspectives from Contemporary Rio de Janeiro....Pages 183-196 (In)visible Connections and the Makings of Collective Violence....Pages 197-222 Fuerte Apache....Pages 223-234 Afterword....Pages 235-243 Back Matter....Pages 245-258 Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 3 Copyright 4 Contents 5 Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 8 1 Txitzi’n for the Poxnai: Indigenous Women’s Discourses on Revolutionary Combat 18 2 Against Violence and Oblivion: The Case of Colombia’s Disappeared 43 3 Facing Unseen Violence: Ex- combatants Painting the War in Colombia 59 4 Considerations on Violence, the Global South, and an Aesthetics of Sobriety 81 5 Urban Violence and the Politics of Representation in Recent Brazilian Film 96 6 Ciudad Juárez, Femicide, and the State 120 7 Chronicles of Everyday Life in Culiacán, Sinaloa 153 8 An Aesthetic Event: Ricardo Wiesse’s Cantutas and Political Violence in Peru 173 9 Sound, Violence, and Politics: Critical Perspectives from Contemporary Rio de Janeiro 186 10 (In)visible Connections and the Makings of Collective Violence 200 11 Fuerte Apache 226 Afterword 238 Contributors 247 Index 250 "This volume addresses a situation now perceived among the most pressing issues faced by Latin America in our times: the proliferation of increasingly complex forms of violence, a reality with multiple ramifications, marking the socio-political landscape of the region in decisive ways. With contributions by scholars from various fields (the social sciences, journalism, and the humanities), this book examines not only the manifestations and the effects of violence but also the social acts that surround it and make it meaningful. Violence appears here as a natural yet dramatic manifestation of how individuals organize themselves in contemporary Latin America"-- Provided by publisher