Disappearances in Mexico
From the 'Dirty War' to the 'War on Drugs'
1st Edition
Published on 6. January 2023
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-367-77055-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the practice of disappearances in Mexico, from the period of the so-called 'dirty war' to the current crisis of disappearances associated with the country's 'war on drugs', during which more than 80,000 people have disappeared. The volume brings together contributions by distinguished scholars from Mexico, Argentina and Europe, who focus their chapters on four broad axes of enquiry. In Part I, chapters examine the phenomenon of disappearances in its historical and present-day forms, and the struggles for memory around the disappeared in Mexico with reference to Argentina. Part II addresses the political dimensions of disappearances, focusing on the specificities that this practice acquires in the context of the counterinsurgency struggle of the 1970s and the so-called 'war on drugs'. The third section situates the issue within the framework of human rights law by examining the conceptual and legal aspects of disappearances. The final chapters explore the social movement of the relatives of the disappeared, showing how their search for disappeared loved ones involves bodily and affective experiences as well as knowledge production. The volume thus aims to further our understanding of the crisis of disappearances in Mexico without, however, losing sight of the historic origins of the phenomenon.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic
Illustrations
10 s/w Abbildungen, 10 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 2 s/w Tabellen
2 Tables, black and white; 10 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
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Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-77055-6 (9780367770556)
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From the 'Dirty War' to the 'War on Drugs'
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From the 'Dirty War' to the 'War on Drugs'
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Persons
Silvana Mandolessi is associate professor of Cultural Studies at KU Leuven, Belgium and Principal Investigator of the ERC project 'Digital Memories'.
Katia Olalde is an associate professor at the Art History Department, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM-ENES Morelia).
Katia Olalde is an associate professor at the Art History Department, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM-ENES Morelia).
Content
The Editors and Contributors
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
Disappearances in Mexico: From the 'dirty war' to the 'war on drugs'
Silvana Mandolessi
PART I Historical Dimensions of Disappearances
1 Responsibilities in the system of enforced disappearance of people in Argentina: A historical perspective
Emilio Crenzel
2 Recasting history to cast off shadows: State violence in Mexico, 1958-2018
Eugenia Allier Montano, Camilo Vicente Ovalle and Juan Sebastian Granada-Cardona
PART II Political Dimensions of Disappearances
3 Disappearance and governmentality in Mexico
Pilar Calveiro
4 Violence regimes and disappearances: Some reflections from the northeast region of Mexico
Karina Ansolabehere and Alvaro Martos
PART III Legal Dimensions of Disappearances
5 State acquiescence to disappearances in the context of Mexico's 'war on drugs'
Lene Guercke
6 Fate and whereabouts: the two elements that make up the right to know about the victims of enforced disappearance
Rainer Huhle
PART IV Affective and Experienced Dimensions of the Search and the Social Mobilization for the Disappeared
7 Pedagogies of searching in contexts of dispossession
Carolina Robledo Silvestre
8 The right to search in the case of disappeared persons: A right constructed from below
Jorge Verastegui Gonzalez
9 Memorialising absence: Memorials to the disappeared in Mexico
Maria de Vecchi Gerli
Index
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
Disappearances in Mexico: From the 'dirty war' to the 'war on drugs'
Silvana Mandolessi
PART I Historical Dimensions of Disappearances
1 Responsibilities in the system of enforced disappearance of people in Argentina: A historical perspective
Emilio Crenzel
2 Recasting history to cast off shadows: State violence in Mexico, 1958-2018
Eugenia Allier Montano, Camilo Vicente Ovalle and Juan Sebastian Granada-Cardona
PART II Political Dimensions of Disappearances
3 Disappearance and governmentality in Mexico
Pilar Calveiro
4 Violence regimes and disappearances: Some reflections from the northeast region of Mexico
Karina Ansolabehere and Alvaro Martos
PART III Legal Dimensions of Disappearances
5 State acquiescence to disappearances in the context of Mexico's 'war on drugs'
Lene Guercke
6 Fate and whereabouts: the two elements that make up the right to know about the victims of enforced disappearance
Rainer Huhle
PART IV Affective and Experienced Dimensions of the Search and the Social Mobilization for the Disappeared
7 Pedagogies of searching in contexts of dispossession
Carolina Robledo Silvestre
8 The right to search in the case of disappeared persons: A right constructed from below
Jorge Verastegui Gonzalez
9 Memorialising absence: Memorials to the disappeared in Mexico
Maria de Vecchi Gerli
Index