The Persistence of Violence : Colombian Popular Culture

Toby Miller

ISBN 10: 1978817525 / ISBN 13: 9781978817524

Published by Rutgers University Press Jul 2020, 2020

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Neuware - Why is Colombia so violent Beyond even the horrors of the conflict between the guerrilla, the paramilitary, and the government, the history of the nation is scarred by acts of violence. It has also been marked by resistance to that history by moments of hope.The Persistence of Violence transcends the obvious places as sources and indices of this story, delving into the complex and conflicted world of popular culture, from football to television to tourism to the environment.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Persistence of Violence : Colombian Popular Culture
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press Jul 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1978817525
• ISBN 13: 9781978817524
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 157H x 23D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 576 grams

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Synopsis

Colombia’s headline story, about the peace process with guerrilla and its attendant controversies, does not consider the fundamental contradiction of a nation that spans generosity and violence, warmth and hatred―products of its particular pattern of invasion, dispossession, and enslavement. The Persistence of Violence fills that gap in understanding. Colombia is a place that is two countries in one―the ideal and the real―summed up in the idiomatic expression, not unique to Colombia, but particularly popular there, "Hecha la ley, hecha la trampa" (When you pass a law, you create a loophole). Less cynically, and more poetically, the Nobel Laureate Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez deemed Colombians capable of both the most noble acts and the most abject ones, in a world where it seems anyone might do anything, from the beautiful to the horrendous.The Persistence of Violence draws on those contradictions and paradoxes to look at how violence―and resistance to it―characterize Colombian popular culture, from football to soap opera to journalism to tourism to the environment.

About the Author

TOBY MILLER is Stuart Hall Professor of Cultural Studies, Universidad AutÓnoma de MÉxico―Cuajimalpa. The author and editor of over forty books, his most recent volumes are El trabajo cultural, Greenwashing Culture, Greenwashing Sport, and The Routledge Handbook of Global Cultural Policy.