Salvador in the Aftermath of Peace - Crime, Uncertainty, and the Transition to Democracy

Informationen zum Autor Ellen Moodie is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Klappentext Ellen Moodie is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Zusammenfassung After El Salvador's brutal civil war ended in 1992! crime rates shot up. People began to speak of the peace as "worse than the war." This study examines how narratives of post-conflict violence! told by ordinary people! offered ways of coping with uncertainty during a stunted transition to democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 Big Stories and the Stories Behind the Stories 2 Critical Code-Switching and the State of Unexception 3 "Today They Rob You and They Kill You" 4 Adventure Time in San Salvador 5 Democratic Disenchantment 6 Unknowing the Other Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments

Product details

• Authors: Ellen Moodie
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2012
• EAN: 9780812222357
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2235-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series; Ethnography of Political Viole; The Ethnography of Political Violence; Ethnography of Political Viole; The Ethnography of Political Violence
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology