| Parcels: Memories of Salvadoran Migration Contributor(s): Anastario, Mike (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813595223 ISBN-13: 9780813595221 Publisher: Rutgers University Press OUR PRICE: $34.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Political Science | World - Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 973.046 |
| LCCN: 2018043724 |
| Series: Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.55 lbs) 212 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In light of new proposals to control undocumented migrants in the United States, Parcels prioritizes rural Salvadoran remembering in an effort to combat the collective amnesia that supports the logic of these historically myopic strategies. Mike Anastario investigates the social memories of individuals from a town he refers to as "El Norte o," a rural municipality in El Salvador that was heavily impacted by the Salvadoran Civil War, which in turn fueled a mass exodus to the United States. By working with two viajeros (travelers) who exchanged encomiendas (parcels containing food, medicine, documents, photographs and letters) between those in the U.S. and El Salvador, Anastario tells the story behind parcels and illuminates their larger cultural and structural significance. This narrative approach elucidates key arguments concerning the ways in which social memory permits and is shaped by structural violence, particularly the U.S. actions and policies that have resulted in the emotional and physical distress of so many Salvadorans. The book uses analyses of testimonies, statistics, memories of migration, the war and, of course, the many parcels sent over the border to create an innovative and necessary account of post-Civil War El Salvador. |