Memory truth and justice in contemporary Latin America This text is the first to address the second wave of memory and justice mobilization throughout Latin America. Pairing clear explanations of concepts and debates with cases studies the volume offers a unique opportunity for students to understand and interpret the history and politics of Latin American countries Provided by publisher Introduction: Memory truth and justice in twenty first century Latin America Roberta Villalón Part I. Framing collective memory : counter hegemonic and master narratives Introduction to Part I Roberta Villalón Genesis uses and significations of the Nunca Más report in Argentina Emilio Crenzel Were all victims : changes in the narrative of national reconciliation in Argentina Valentina Salvi ; translated by Luis Alberto Hernández Irreconcilable differences : political culture and gender violence during the Chilean transition to democracy Hillary Hiner and María José Azócar Part II. Defining historical periods blame and reparation Introduction to Part II Roberta Villalón The memory of the national and the national as memory Juan Poblete Between two pasts : dictatorships and the politics of memory in Bolivia Francisco Adolfo García Jerez and Juliane Müller ; translated by Margot Olavarria Colombias gallery of memory : reexamining democracy through human rights lenses Erika Márquez Part III. Cultures of trauma healing and justice Introduction to Part III Roberta Villalón Trauma and the politics of memory in the Uruguayan dictatorship Lorenzo DOrsi Living with ghosts : death exhumation and reburial among the Maya in Guatemala Virginia Garrard Burnett Argentinas trials : new ways of writing memory Susana Kaiser Part IV. Arts media museums and memory Introduction to Part IV Roberta Villalón The murals of La Victoria : imaginaries of Chilean popular resistance Alexis Cortés ; translated by Margot Olavarria Choreography of a massacre : memory and performance in the Ayacucho Carnaval Renzo Aroni Sulca ; translated by Margot Olavarria Reckoning with dictatorship in Brazil : the double edged role of artistic cultural production Nina Schneider and Rebecca J. Atencio Historical memory at El Salvadors Museo de La Palabra y La Imagen Diana Carolina Sierra Becerra Conclusion: Complexities controversies and the value of collective memory and social justice Roberta Villalón