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Salvadoran Imaginaries: Mediated Identities and Cultures of Consumption

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 Ravaged by civil war throughout the 1980s and 1990s, El Salvador has now emerged as a study in contradictions. It is a country where urban call centers and shopping malls exist alongside rural poverty. It is a land now at peace but still grappling with a legacy of violence. It is a place marked by deep social divides, yet offering a surprising abundance of inclusive spaces. Above all, it is a nation without borders, as widespread emigration during the war has led Salvadorans to develop a truly transnational sense of identity.

In Salvadoran Imaginaries, Cecilia M. Rivas takes us on a ... Read more

Everyday life in El Salvador may seem like a simple matter, but Rivas digs deeper, across many different layers of society, revealing a wealth of complex feelings that the nation’s citizens have about power, opportunity, safety, migration, and community. Filled with first-hand interviews and unique archival research, Salvadoran Imaginaries offers a fresh take on an emerging nation and its people. 

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Series
Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813564616
SKU
V9780813564616
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About Cecilia M. Rivas
 CECILIA M. RIVAS is assistant professor in the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. 

Reviews for Salvadoran Imaginaries: Mediated Identities and Cultures of Consumption
"In this excellent, innovative, nuanced, and empirically rich work, Rivas examines transnational exchanges, profound and rapid social change, and maps a geography of marginalization in a nation without borders."
Cecilia Menjívar
author of Enduring Violence: Ladina Women’s Lives in Guatemala
"In this landmark study of postwar Salvadoran transnationalism, Cecilia M. Rivas illuminates with profound insight and interpretive ... Read more

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