Death, dismemberment, and memory
Subtitle: body politics in Latin America
By: edited by Lyman L. Johnson.
Contributors: Johnson, Lyman L.
Series: Diálogos; Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Political culture -- Latin America; Body, Human -- Symbolic aspects -- Latin America; Body, Human -- Political aspects -- Latin America; Symbolism in politics -- Latin America; Memory -- Political aspects -- Latin America; Heroes -- Latin America; Nationalism -- Latin America; Latin America -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why dead bodies talk : an introduction -- Lyman L. Johnson; title: Túpac Amaru, the body politic, and the embodiment of hope : Inca heritage and social justice in the Andes -- Ward Stavig; title: Death's patriots - celebration, denunciation, and memories of Mexico's Independence heroes : Miguel Hidalgo, José María Morelos, and Agustín de Iturbide -- Chiston I. Archer; title: "Sometimes knowing how to forget is also having a memory" : the repatriation of Juan Manuel de Rosas and the healing of Argentina -- Jeffrey M. Shumway; title: The mortal remains of Emiliano Zapata -- Samuel Brunk; title: The arm and body of the revolution : remembering Mexico's last caudillo, Alvaro Obregón -- Jürgen Buchenau; title: Digging up Cuauhtémoc -- Lyman L. Johnson; title: Life and the commodification of death in Argentina : Juan and Eva Perón -- Donna J. Guy; title: Vargas morto : the death and life of a Brazilian statesman -- Daryle Williams, -- Barbara Weinstein; title: San Ernesto de la Higuera : the resurrection of Che Guevara -- Paul J. Dosal.