Counting the Dead

The Culture and Politics of Human Rights Activism in Colombia

AvWinifred Tate

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

Del 18 i serien California Series in Public Anthropology

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Beskrivning

At a time when a global consensus on human rights standards seems to be emerging, this rich study steps back to explore how the idea of human rights is actually employed by activists and human rights professionals. Winifred Tate, an anthropologist and activist with extensive experience in Colombia, finds that radically different ideas about human rights have shaped three groups of human rights professionals working there - nongovernmental activists, state representatives, and military officers. Drawing from the life stories of high-profile activists, pioneering interviews with military officials, and research at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, "Counting the Dead" underscores the importance of analyzing and understanding human rights discourses, methodologies, and institutions within the context of broader cultural and political debates.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-09
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:499 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:California Series in Public Anthropology
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520252837

Utforska kategorier

Politiskt förtryck inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Winifred Tate is currently a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studes at Brown University and will become an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Colby College in September 2008.

Recensioner i media

"Contributes significantly to our understanding of how activist institutional culture and identity evolves in a context where traditional labor and religious activists increasingly engage with and become more deeply enmeshed in the larger global activist community." -- Stephen Ropp Hispanic American Historical Review (Hahr) "A fascinating study of how and why the idea of human rights has gained such currency in Colombian society." -- William Aviles Latin American Perspectives: A Journal On Capitalism & Socialism

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Map of Colombia Introduction 1. Colombia: Mapping the Eternal Crisis 2. Solidarity with Our Class Brothers: The First Wave of Human Rights Activism in Colombia 3. The Production of Human Rights Knowledge and the Practice of Politics 4. The Emotional Politics of Activism in the 1990s 5. The Global Imaginaries of Colombian Activists at the United Nations and Beyond 6. State Activism and the Production of Impunity 7. Human Rights and the Colombian Military's War Stories Conclusion: The Politics of Human Rights Knowledge Notes Selected Bibliography Index