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Author Franco, Jean.

Title Cruel modernity / Jean Franco.

Publication Info. Durham : Duke University Press, [2013]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  F1414 .F823 2013    Available  ---
Description 326 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-296) and index.
Contents The "insignificant incident" and its aftermath -- Alien to modernity -- Raping the dead -- Killers, torturers, sadists, and collaborators -- Revolutionary justice -- Cruel survival -- Tortured souls -- The ghostly arts -- Apocalypse now -- Afterword. hypocrite modernity.
Provenance Gift of Paul and Mary Haas.
Subject Latin America -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Latin America.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Latin America -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject State-sponsored terrorism -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century.
State-sponsored terrorism.
History.
State-sponsored terrorism -- Latin America -- History -- 21st century.
ISBN 9780822354567 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
9780822354420 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
082235442X (cloth) (alkaline paper)
082235456X (paperback) (alkaline paper)