“Rachel Hatcher’s comparative analysis of sites and methods of remembering in Guatemala and El Salvador is both sensitive and engrossing. By reconstructing the charged debates over concepts like “truth,” “amnesty," and “reconciliation” in the aftermath of the two countries’ civil wars, her book makes a valuable contribution to the scholarly literature on how societies grapple with the legacies of state violence.” (Kirsten Weld, Associate Professor, Harvard University, USA) “Hatcher’s thoughtful exegesis of memory politics in Guatemala and El Salvador highlights language’s power to shape how violent pasts are remembered or forgotten. Hatcher has written a deeply informed comparison of El Salvador and Guatemala, with their surprisingly different approaches to the recognition and commemoration of human rights violations.” (Ellen Moodie, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) “An original contribution to scholarship on political contests over memory and forgetting in post-conflict sites.
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