Learning Through Collective Memory Work : Troubling Testimonio in Post-War Peru.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson Vásquez, Goya.

Series:

Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education Series

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025.

Summary:

This book traces the process of producing testimonio with the children of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), an insurgent group during Peru’s internal war (1980–2000). It examines how the group navigates post-war struggles over memory while dealing with the ‘children of terrorists’ stigma. Drawing on a cycles of inquiry approach, the book theorizes three movements for memory work: a realist presentation of testimonial narratives, a ‘politics of memory’ engaging with the conditions of production and a ‘poetics of memory’ that troubles memory, voice and representation for qualitative inquiry in post-war contexts. Challenging the notion of war-torn countries as pure devastation, the author invites readers to see them as sites of knowledge and creativity, with much to offer for education, peace studies and social justice research.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Series Editors’ Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The Story of the Inquiry

The First Movement: Testimonial Narratives

Adelín: Political Prisoners in the Family

Miguel: Experiences of Exile

Iris: Growing Up Visiting Prison

Rafael: Living under Silence

Abel: Knowing More than You Should

Willy: Remembering Torture

The Second Movement: Politics of Memory

Spaces/Places: Working Out Testimonial Spaces

Silences, Secrets and Clandestine Lives

The Third Movement: Poetics of Memory

Troubles with Fiction, Writing and Memory

Writing (about) Violence

Epilogue: Testimonio as Pedagogy

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5292-3790-4

1-5292-3788-2

1-5292-3789-0

OCLC:

1500393672