Holocaust consciousness and Cold War violence in Latin America

• Verfasst von: Tarica, Estelle [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Holocaust consciousness and Cold War violence in Latin America
• Verf.angabe: Estelle Tarica
• Verlagsort: Albany
• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: [2022]
• Umfang: ix, 300 Seiten
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8794-6
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8795-3
• Schlagwörter: (g)Guatemala / (g)Mexiko / (g)Argentinien / (s)Judenvernichtung / (s)Bewusstsein / (s)Diskurs / (s)Kollektives Gedächtnis / (z)Geschichte 1976-2005
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1774516039

Abstract

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.

Abstract

"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"--