Counting the Dead : The Culture and Politics of Human Rights Activism in Colombia / Winifred Tate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tate, Winifred, Author.

Series:

California series in public anthropology.

California Series in Public Anthropology ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights advocacy--Colombia.

Human rights advocacy.

Political persecution--Colombia.

Political persecution.

Colombia--Politics and government--1974-.

Colombia.

Colombia--Social conditions--1970-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At a time when a global consensus on human rights standards seems to be emerging, this rich study steps back to explore how the idea of human rights is actually employed by activists and human rights professionals. Winifred Tate, an anthropologist and activist with extensive experience in Colombia, finds that radically different ideas about human rights have shaped three groups of human rights professionals working there--nongovernmental activists, state representatives, and military officers. Drawing from the life stories of high-profile activists, pioneering interviews with military officials, and research at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Counting the Dead underscores the importance of analyzing and understanding human rights discourses, methodologies, and institutions within the context of broader cultural and political debates.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Colombia: Mapping the Eternal Crisis

2. Solidarity with Our Class Brothers: The First Wave of Colombian Human Rights Activism

3. The Production of Human Rights Knowledge and the Practice of Politics

4. The Emotional Politics of Activism in the 1990's

5. The Global Imaginaries of Colombian Activists at the United Nations and Beyond

6. State Activism and the Production of Impunity

7. Human Rights and the Colombian Military's War Stories

Conclusion: The Politics of Human Rights Knowledge

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612360374

9781282360372

128236037X

9780520941175

0520941179

9781435611443

1435611446

OCLC:

476111565