Exile, Diaspora, and Return

Changing Cultural Landscapes in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay

Luis Roniger, Leonardo Senkman, Saúl Sosnowski, Mario Sznajder (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

306 Seiten

2017
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-069396-1 (ISBN)

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During the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, dictatorships in Latin America hastened the outward movement of intellectuals, academics, artists, and political and social activists to other countries. Following the coups that toppled democratically elected governments or curtailed parliamentary oversight, the incoming military or civilian-military administrations assumed that, by forcing those aligned with opposition movements out of the country, they would assure their control of politics and domestic public spheres. Yet, by enlarging a diaspora of co-nationals, the authoritarian rulers merely extrapolated internal dissent and conflicts, emboldening opposition forces beyond their national borders. Displaced individuals soon had a presence in many host countries, gaining the support of solidarity circles and advocacy networks that condemned authoritarianism and worked with exiles and internal resistance towards the restoration of electoral democracy. Exiles soon became vehicles for spreading cultural ideas from abroad, celebrating cosmopolitanism over nationalism, and emphasizing human rights and democracy in Latin American countries.

Exile, Diaspora, and Return explores how Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay have been affected by post-exilic relocations, transnational migrant displacements, and diasporas. Specifically, this book provides the first comprehensive analysis of diasporic experiences and the impact of returnees on the public life, culture, institutions, and development of post-authoritarian politics in the Southern Cone of the Americas. Bringing together sociopolitical, cultural, and policy analysis with the testimonies of dozens of intellectuals, academics, political activists, and policy makers, the authors address the impact of exile on people's lives and on their fractured experiences; the debates and prospects of return; the challenges of dis-exile and post-exilic trends; and the ways in which those who experienced exile impacted democratized institutions, public culture, and discourse. Furthermore, the authors present new readings of the recent history of South America and the diasporas that emphasize the importance of regional, transnational or global dimensions over the national.

Luis Roniger is Reynolds Professor of Latin American Studies and of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. Leonardo Senkman is Research Fellow at the Harry Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace and Director of the International Center for University Teaching of the Jewish Civilization at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Saúl Sosnowski is Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture at the University of Maryland at College Park. Mario Sznajder is Professor Emeritus and Leon Blum Chair of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Preface
Chapter 1 - Exile and Post-Exile in Analytical Perspective
Chapter 2 - Escape, Deportation and Exile: The Contours of Institutionalized Exclusion
Chapter 3 - Exile and Diaspora Politics: Mobilizing to Undo Exclusion
Chapter 4 - Diaspora and Home Country Initiatives, Transnational Networks and State Policies
Chapter 5 - Surviving Authoritarianism, Contributing to the Agenda of Democratization
Chapter 6 - Undoing Exile? Remembering, Imagining, Envisioning
Chapter 7 - The Transformational Role of Culture and Education: Impacting the Future
Chapter 8 - Shifting Frontiers of Citizenship
Conclusions
About the Authors
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.01.2018
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	239 x 160 mm
Gewicht	562 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-19-069396-7 / 0190693967
ISBN-13	978-0-19-069396-1 / 9780190693961
Zustand	Neuware