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Sites of Memory in Spain and Latin America is a collection of
essays that explores historical memory at the intersection of
political, cultural, social, and economic forces in the contexts of
Spain and Latin America. The essays here focus on a variety of
forms of memory-from the most concrete to the performative-that
resist forgetting and unite individuals against hegemonic memory.
The volume comprises four thematic sections that focus on Chile,
Spain, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Peru, and the Dominican
Republic. Keeping in line with the concept informing this
collection, that the past returns politically to haunt the present,
the four sections move from the contemporary context to the
colonial and pre-Columbian eras in Latin America. For all its
diversity, the researchers' interdisciplinary methodology displayed
in this collection brings to light processes that would otherwise
have remained illegible under a more narrow interpretative approach
to historical memory. This volume focuses on the processes of
remembering in geographies that have been transformed by violence
and conflict in Spain and Latin America. In the cases investigated
witnessing, trauma, and testimony speak to the urgency of truth and
justice; historical memory, therefore, is ultimately a political
act.
Sites of Memory in Spain and Latin America is a collection of
essays that explores historical memory at the intersection of
political, cultural, social, and economic forces in the contexts of
Spain and Latin America. The essays here focus on a variety of
forms of memory—from the most concrete to the performative—that
resist forgetting and unite individuals against hegemonic memory.
The volume comprises four thematic sections that focus on Chile,
Spain, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Peru, and the Dominican
Republic. Keeping in line with the concept informing this
collection, that the past returns politically to haunt the present,
the four sections move from the contemporary context to the
colonial and pre-Columbian eras in Latin America. For all its
diversity, the researchers’ interdisciplinary methodology
displayed in this collection brings to light processes that would
otherwise have remained illegible under a more narrow
interpretative approach to historical memory. This volume focuses
on the processes of remembering in geographies that have been
transformed by violence and conflict in Spain and Latin America. In
the cases investigated witnessing, trauma, and testimony speak to
the urgency of truth and justice; historical memory, therefore, is
ultimately a political act.
Activism through Poetry: Critical Spanish Poems in Translation is a
compiled anthology of translated poems, which explore cultural,
political, social, and ecological issues in the context of
contemporary Spain. The work highlights the active role that poetry
plays in the debate of these issues. The anthology begins with an
introduction, which provides a theoretical framework and a critical
analysis of each poem. It is an important contribution in the
academic context and also in the more general context of
international social and political action. It constitutes the first
bilingual translation of selected poems written by well-known and
emergent contemporary critical poets from Spain. The five sections
(Historical Memory, Ecology, Political and Social Issues,
Patriarchy, and Capitalism) feature four poems with a total of
twenty poems (ten written by women and ten written by men). These
poets are activists whose poetry comments on society and, more
importantly, wants to have an impact on it. The poetic art that is
born from ethical commitment has the potential to call attention
not only to the realities of the world we live in but also to the
possibilities for transformation. Poetry, therefore, is ultimately
a political act.
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