Holocaust Consciousness and Cold War Violence in Latin America / Estelle Tarica.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tarica, Estelle, author.

Series:

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture.

SUNY Series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Foreign public opinion, Latin American.

Politics and culture--Latin America--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2009]

Summary:

Examines how community leaders, writers, and political activists facing state repression in Latin America have drawn on and debated the validity of Holocaust terms to describe human rights atrocities in their own countries.

Contents:

Introduction: The "Latin Americanization" of the Holocaust

The demands of the times : Jewish Holocaust discourse in dictatorship and early-transition Argentina, 1976-1985

Holocaust consciousness as critical consciousness in post-dictatorship Argentina, 1995-2005

José Emilio Pacheco, Tununa Mercado and Holocaust testimony at the Mexico-Argentina crossroads

Demetrio Cojtí Cuxil's "Maya Holocaust" : victims and vanquished in post-genocide Guatemala

Holocaust testimony and Maya testimony between the U.S. and Guatemala.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Tarica, Estelle Holocaust Consciousness and Cold War Violence in Latin America

ISBN:

9781438487960

1438487967

OCLC:

1298389130