El Salvador's civil war began in 1980 and ended twelve bloody years
later.It saw extreme violence on both sides, including the
terrorising and targetingof civilians by death squads, recruitment
of child soldiers, and the death anddisappearance of more than
75,000 people. Examining El Salvador's vibrantlife-story literature
written in the aftermath of this terrible conflict-includingmemoirs
and testimonials-Erik Ching seeks to understand how thewar has come
to be remembered and rebattled by Salvadorans and what thatmeans
for their society today. Ching identifies four memory communities
that dominate nationalpostwar views: civilian elites, military
officers, guerrilla commanders, andworking class and poor
testimonialists. Pushing distinct and divergent stories,these
groups are today engaged in what Ching terms a "narrative
battle"for control over the memory of the war. Their ongoing
publications in themarketplace of ideas tend to direct Salvadorans'
attempts to negotiate thewar's meaning and legacy, and Ching
suggests that a more open, coordinatedreconciliation process is
needed in this postconflict society. In the meantime,El Salvador,
fractured by conflicting interpretations of its national trauma,is
hindered in dealing with the immediate problems posed by the nexus
ofneoliberalism, gang violence, and outmigration.
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