Stories of the Marvelous Real: An analysis of cultural memory in selected Colombian literary works with policy implications

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dc.contributorTucker, Kennethen_US
dc.contributorDouglas, Amberen_US
dc.contributorDeSwanson, Rosarioen_US
dc.contributor.advisorMcKeever, Matthewen_US
dc.contributor.authorWallace, Adrienneen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-16T13:47:38Z
dc.date.available2011-02-16T13:47:38Z
dc.date.gradyear2007en_US
dc.date.issued2011-02-16
dc.date.submitted2007-06-24 13:16:35en_US
dc.description.abstractThe political public sphere in Colombia lacks formal commemoration of the more than 300,000 lives that have been lost as a result of La Violencia. This violent eruption in Colombia s history is however, remembered in what Jürgen Habermas would call the literary public sphere. This research seeks to discover how cultural memory is created in Colombian literary works and how this literature offers criticisms of the lack of formal commemoration in the political public sphere in Colombia. Colombian literary works also suggest ideals that when implicated in public policy initiatives are staged to combat societal violence. By creating memory, serving as memory and critiquing cultural forms of amnesia, these literary works create a space for creative ideas on alternatives to violence and policy implications that seek to bring dialogue on peace into the political public sphere.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/803
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedrestricted
dc.subjectColombiaen_US
dc.subjectCultural Memoryen_US
dc.titleStories of the Marvelous Real: An analysis of cultural memory in selected Colombian literary works with policy implicationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.description.sponsorshipSociologyen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke Collegeen_US

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