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Meanings of Violence in Contemporary Latin America
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Description for Meanings of Violence in Contemporary Latin America
Hardcover. Editor(s): Polit Duenas, Gabriela; Rueda, Maria Helena. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
This volume includes contributions of scholars from various fields - the social sciences, journalism, the humanities and the arts - whose work offers insightful and innovative ways to understand the devastating and unprecedented forms of violence currently experienced in Latin America. As an interdisciplinary endeavor, it offers an array of perspectives that contribute to ongoing debates in the study of violence in the region.
This volume includes contributions of scholars from various fields - the social sciences, journalism, the humanities and the arts - whose work offers insightful and innovative ways to understand the devastating and unprecedented forms of violence currently experienced in Latin America. As an interdisciplinary endeavor, it offers an array of perspectives that contribute to ongoing debates in the study of violence in the region.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230113787
SKU
V9780230113787
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99-15
About N/A
GABRIELA POLIT Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. MARIA HELENA RUEDA Assistant Professor at Smith College, USA.
Reviews for Meanings of Violence in Contemporary Latin America
"This book addresses some of the most important topics on violence throughout the Americas. It constitutes a good reader for students to learn what violence has brought to the continent and to decide what are the networks of meaning violence relates to." - Prof. Ileana Rodríguez, Humanities Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State University