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1 online resource (171 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: why remember the rescuers in Latin America? / Marcia Esparza and Zachary McKiernan -- Rescued from fear: the Sebastian Acevedo movement against torture in Chile / Christopher Ney -- Bending the rules: an ambassador's quest to save lives / Pascale Bonnefoy -- The Santo Tomás chichicastenango's municipal firefighters : "Green pines covering the dead bodies" / Marcia Esparza, Stephanie Alfaro and Kristy Sanandres -- Strategic rescue responses to genocide : the Guatemalan case / Roddy Brett -- Between memory and oblivion : the cases of Eureka and Afadem / Isabel de León Olivares, Maribel Rivas-Vasconcelos and Miriam Rodriguez -- From rescue to solidarity : (re) humanizing relationships for social transformation / Jenny Escobar and Angie Tamayo -- Argentine rescuers : a study on the "banality of good" / Jessica Casiro -- Conclusion: on the moral value of rescue and remembering rescuers : conceptualizing rescue in the Latin American context / Jeffrey Blustein -- About the contributors and editors |
| Summary |
This book explores the significance of remembering the rescuers denouncing human rights crimes and protecting targeted victims-including the dead-during the Cold War state violence in Latin America. It moves past a victim - perpetrator dichotomy to focus on those whose righteous acts were beacons for good in the midst of extreme violence |
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Print version record |
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Human rights workers -- Latin America
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Human rights -- Latin America
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Human rights
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Human rights workers
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Latin America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blustein, Jeffrey
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Bonnefoy, Pascale
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Brett, Roddy
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Casiro, Jessica
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De León Olivares, Isabel
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Escobar, Jenny
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Esparza, Marcia
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De Ycaza, Carla
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| ISBN |
9781498533270 |
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1498533272 |
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