Latin America Otherwise : Shining and Other Paths : War and Society in Peru, 1980-1995.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern, Steve J., 1951- Editor.

Contributor:

Stern, Steve J, Contributor.

Series:

Latin America otherwise Shining and other paths

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasants--Political activity--History--20th century--Peru.

Peasants.

Insurgency--History--20th century--Peru.

Insurgency.

War and society--History--20th century--Peru.

War and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (551 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham, NC, USA Duke University Press 19980901

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Shining and Other Paths offers the first systematic account of the social experiences at the heart of the war waged between Shining Path and the Peruvian military during the 1980s and early 1990s. Confronting and untangling the many myths and enigmas that surround the war and the wider history of twentieth-century Peru, this book presents clear and often poignant analyses of the brutal reshaping of life and politics during a war that cost tens of thousands of lives.The contributors—a team of Peruvian and U.S. historians, social scientists, and human rights activists—explore the origins, social dynamics, and long-term consequences of the effort by Shining Path to effect an armed communist revolution. The book begins by interpreting Shining Path’s emergence and decision for war as one logical culmination, among several competing culminations, of trends in oppositional politics and social movements. It then traces the experiences of peasants and refugees to demonstrate how human struggle and resilience came together in grassroots determination to defeat Shining Path, and explores the unsuccessful efforts of urban shantytown dwellers, as well as rural and urban activists, to build a “third path” to social justice. Integral to this discussion is an examination of women’s activism and consciousness during the years of the crisis. Finally, this book analyzes the often paradoxical and unintended legacies of this tumultuous period for social and human rights movements, and for presidential and military leadership in Peru.Extensive field research, broad historical vision, and strong editorial coordination enable the authors to write a coherent and deeply humanistic account, one that draws out the inner tragedies, ambiguities, and conflicts of the war.Providing historically grounded explication of the conflicts that reshaped contemporary Peru, Shining and Other Paths will be widely read by Latin Americanists, historians, anthropologists, gender theorists, sociologists, political scientists, and human rights activists.Contributors. Jo-Marie Burt, Marisol de la Cadena, Isabel Coral Cordero, Carlos Iván Degregori, Iván Hinojosa, Carlos Basombrío Iglesias, Florencia E. Mallon, Nelson Manrique, Hortensia Muñoz, Enrique Obando, Patricia Oliart, Ponciano del Pino H., José Luis Rénique, Orin Starn, Steve J. Stern

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

About the Series

Preface and Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION Beyond Enigma: An Agenda for Interpreting Shining Path and Peru, 1980-1995

PART 1. WITHIN AND AGAINST HISTORY: CONCEPTUALIZING ROOTS

Introduction to Part I

1 From Race to Class: Insurgent Intellectuals de provincia in Peru, 1910-1970

2 On Poor Relations and the Nouveau Riche: Shining Path and the Radical Peruvian Left

3 Chronicle of a Path Foretold? Velasco's Revolution, Vanguardia Revolucionaria, and "Shining Omens" in the Indigenous Communities of Andahuaylas

PART II. THE CONQUEST THAT FAILED: THE WAR FOR THE CENTER-SOUTH

Introduction to Part II

4 Harvesting Storms: Peasant Rondas and the Defeat of Sendero Luminoso in Ayacucho

5 Family, Culture, and "Revolution": Everyday Life with Sendero Luminoso

6 The War for the Central Sierra

7 Villagers at Arms: War and Counterrevolution in the Central-South Andes

PART III. OBLITERATING THIRD PATHS: THE BATTLES OF LIMA AND PUNO

Introduction to Part III

8 Shining Path and the "Decisive Battle" in Lima's Barriadas: The Case of Villa El Salvador

9 Apogee and Crisis of a "Third Path": Mariateguismo, "People's War," and Counterinsurgency in Puno, I987-I994

PART IV. WOMEN AS CITIZEN-SUBJECTS: EXPLORING THE GENDERED WAR

Introduction to Part IV

10 Women in War: Impact and Responses

PART V. POLITICAL RULE, POLITICAL CULTURE: THE IRONIC LEGACIES OF WAR

Introduction to Part V

11 Civil-Military Relations in Peru, 1980-1996: How to Control and Coopt the Military (and the consequences of doing so)

12 Alberto Fujimori: "The Man Peru Needed?"

13 Sendero Luminoso and Human Rights: A Perverse Logic that Captured the Country

14 Human Rights and Social Referents: The Construction of New Sensibilities

CONCLUSION Shining and Other Paths: The Origins, Dynamics, and Legacies of War, 1980-1995

Abbreviations and Organizations

Bibliography

Index

Contributors

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Jan 2021)

ISBN:

9780822398059

0822398052

OCLC:

891395073