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Cruel modernity / Jean Franco.

Author/creator Franco, Jean, 1924-2022
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Durham : Duke University Press, [2013]
Description326 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
State-sponsored terrorism--Latin America --History --20th century.
State-sponsored terrorism--Latin America --History --21st century.
Latin America--Politics and government --20th century.
Latin America--Politics and government --21st century.
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-296) and index.
LCCN 2013003141
ISBN9780822354420 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN082235442X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780822354567 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN082235456X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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