Remembering the Rescuers of Victims of Human Rights Crimes in Latin America (Hardcover)

This book explores the significance of remembering the rescuers denouncing human rights crimes as well as protecting and sheltering targeted victims-including the dead-during the Cold War state violence in Latin America. In light of newly unearthed archival evidence, testimonial memories, and the continued mobilization of human rights groups to preserve Cold War memory, this timely book moves beyond the victim-perpetrator dichotomy and its discursive studies to focus on those whose moral courage and righteous acts were beacons of hope in the midst of extreme violence. Remembering Latin American "righteousness," a term used in Holocaust literature, is important in recognizing that those who resisted human rights violations and protected victims yesterday are those who often keep the collective memory of that past alive today.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2016
Editors:	Marcia Esparza • Carla De Ycaza
Contributors:	Stephanie Alfaro • Jeffrey Blustein • Pascale Bonnefoy • Roddy Brett • Jessica Casiro • Isabel de Leon Olivares • Jenny Escobar • Marcia Esparza
Dimensions:	240 x 158 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	218
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-3326-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-4985-3326-4
Barcode:	9781498533263

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