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First edition. |
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1 online resource (200 pages). |
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Europa country perspectives |
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Europa country perspectives.
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| Summary |
This volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the practice of disappearances in Mexico, from the period of the so-called 'dirty war' to the current crisis of disappearances associated with the country's 'war on drugs', during which more than 80,000 people have disappeared. The volume brings together contributions by distinguished scholars from Mexico, Argentina and Europe, who focus their chapters on four broad axes of enquiry. In Part I, chapters examine the phenomenon of disappearances in its historical and present-day forms, and the struggles for memory around the disappeared in Mexico with reference to Argentina. Part II addresses the political dimensions of disappearances, focusing on the specificities that this practice acquires in the context of the counterinsurgency struggle of the 1970s and the so-called 'war on drugs'. The third section situates the issue within the framework of human rights law, by examining the conceptual and legal aspects of disappearances. The final chapters explore the social movement of the relatives of the disappeared, showing how their search for disappeared loved ones involves bodily and affective experiences as well as knowledge production. The volume thus aims to further our understanding of the crisis of disappearances in Mexico without, however, losing sight of the historic origins of the phenomenon. |
| Contents |
The Editors and ContributorsAcknowledgementsAcronyms and AbbreviationsIntroductionDisappearances in Mexico: From the 'dirty war' to the 'war on drugs'Silvana Mandolessi PART I Historical Dimensions of Disappearances1 Responsibilities in the system of enforced disappearance of people in Argentina: A historical perspectiveEmilio Crenzel 2 Recasting history to cast off shadows: State violence in Mexico, 1958-2018Eugenia Allier Montaño, Camilo Vicente Ovalle and Juan Sebastián Granada-CardonaPART II Political Dimensions of Disappearances 3 Disappearance and governmentality in MexicoPilar Calveiro4 Violence regimes and disappearances: Some reflections from the northeast region of MexicoKarina Ansolabehere and Álvaro MartosPART III Legal Dimensions of Disappearances 5 State acquiescence to disappearances in the context of Mexico's 'war on drugs'Lene Guercke6 Fate and whereabouts: the two elements that make up the right to know about the victims of enforced disappearanceRainer HuhlePART IV Affective and Experienced Dimensions of the Search and the Social Mobilization for the Disappeared 7 Pedagogies of searching in contexts of dispossessionCarolina Robledo Silvestre 8 The right to search in the case of disappeared persons: A right constructed from belowJorge Verástegui González9 Memorialising absence: Memorials to the disappeared in MexicoMaría de Vecchi GerliIndex |
| Biography |
Silvana Mandolessi is associate professor of Cultural Studies at KU Leuven, Belgium and Principal Investigator of the ERC project 'Digital Memories'. Katia Olalde is an associate professor at the Art History Department, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM-ENES Morelia). |
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Title details screen. |
| Local Note |
Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis eBooks: Open Access |
| Subject |
Disappeared persons -- Mexico.
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Civil rights -- Mexico.
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Drug control -- Political aspects -- Mexico.
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Drug control -- Social aspects -- Mexico.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights.
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REFERENCE / General.
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Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00862627
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Disappeared persons. (OCoLC)fst00894675
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Drug control -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01431910
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Drug control -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01431914
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Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
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| Added Author |
Mandolessi, Silvana, editor.
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Olalde Rico, Katia, editor.
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9781000539479 |
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Original 0367770555 9780367770556 (OCoLC)1265344736 |
| ISBN |
9781003169611 (electronic book) |
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1003169619 (electronic book) |
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9781000539479 (electronic book : EPUB) |
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1000539474 (electronic book : EPUB) |
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9781000539400 (electronic book : PDF) |
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1000539407 (electronic book : PDF) |
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9780367770556 |
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9781032196619 |
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0367770555 |
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