Democratization and memories of violence : ethnic minority rights movements in Mexico Turkey and El Salvador 1. Why communities shame and claim 2. Memory violence and shaming and claiming in Acteal Chiapas Mexico 3. The fight for Triqui autonomy in San Juan Copala Oaxaca Mexico 4. Turkey : memory mountain Turks and the politics of Turkification 5. Armenians and the G word in Turkey 6. Nahuas in El Salvador : negating pupusas but eating them too 7. Cultural erosion : fragile Lenca persistence in Morazan El Salvador 8. Dynamics of shaming and claiming in comparative perspective 9. Conclusion : memory matters in shaming and claiming