Political Violence and the Construction of National Identity in Latin America

Preface The Children of the Chingada; W.Fowler Myth, Manipulation and Violence: Relationships between National Identity and Political Violence; P.Lambert Languages of Nationalist Violence: Notes on Mexican Hispanophobia; M.A.Landavazo Lucha and Cubanía: The Reconstruction of a Cuban Historical Identity through the Idea of Revolutionary Struggle; A.Kapcia Contesting Imagined Communities: Gender, Nation and Violence in El Salvador; M.Hume National Identity and Violence: The Case of Colombia; M.Dennis National Identity and Political Violence: The Case of Venezuela; J.Buxton Political Violence, Cinematic Representation and Peruvian National Identity: La Boca del Lobo and La Vida es una Sola; S.Barrow Violence, the Left and the Creation of Un Nuevo Chile; F.Dominguez The Effects of State Violence on National Identity: The Fate of Chilean Historical Narratives Post-1973; M.Mullins 'Muero con mi patria!' Myth, Political Violence and the Construction of National Identity in Paraguay; P.Lambert Some Historical Observations on the Relationship between Nationalism and Political Violence in Argentina; M.Goebel