Ernesto "Che" Guevara twice traveled across Latin America in the
early 1950s. Based on his accounts of those trips (published in
English as "The Motorcycle Diaries" and "Back on the Road"), as
well as other historical sources, "Che's Travels" follows Guevara,
country by country, from his native Argentina through Chile, Peru,
Colombia, and Venezuela, and then from Argentina through Bolivia,
Peru, Guatemala, and Mexico. Each essay is focused on a single
country and written by an expert in its history. Taken together,
the essays shed new light on Che's formative years by analyzing the
distinctive societies, histories, politics, and cultures he
encountered on these two trips, the ways they affected him, and the
ways he represented them in his travelogues. In addition to
offering new insights into Guevara, the essays provide a fresh
perspective on Latin America's experience of the Cold War and the
interplay of nationalism and anti-imperialism in the crucial but
relatively understudied 1950s. Assessing Che's legacies in the
countries he visited during the two journeys, the contributors
examine how he is remembered or memorialized; how he is invoked for
political, cultural, and religious purposes; and how perceptions of
him affect ideas about the revolutions and counterrevolutions
fought in Latin America from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Contributors
Malcolm Deas
Paulo Drinot
Eduardo Elena
Judith Ewell
Cindy Forster
Patience A. Schell
Eric Zolov
Ann Zulawski
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