The Surrendered : Reflections by a Son of Shining Path / Jose Carlos Agüero; translated by Michael J. Lazzara with Charles F. Walker ; edited by Michael J. Lazzara and Charles F. Walker.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Series: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2021Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (152 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781478021216
Uniform titles:
  • Rendidos. English
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Contents:
Stigma -- Guilt -- Ancestors -- Accomplices -- Victims -- The Surrendered -- A Conversation with Jose Carlos Agüero -- Michael J. Lazzara and Charles F. Walker
Summary: "The Surrendered is the English translation of Jose Carlos Agüero acclaimed memoir, his story as the son of two Shining Path militants executed by the Peruvian state. It moves from his parents' political trajectory and life as guerrillas to his own childhood, often spent on the run. The book also examines and contributes to debates about memory and forgiveness, human rights, and reconciliation. In addition to the translation of Agüero s preface and main text, this English edition includes an editors' introduction that explains the hybrid nature of the book and the complex history of the Shining Path. It also contains an extensive interview with Agüero (translated from the Spanish) in which Lazzara and Walker invite him to elaborate on the book's themes and to reflect on its reception and his life as a public intellectual"-- Provided by publisher.
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Stigma -- Guilt -- Ancestors -- Accomplices -- Victims -- The Surrendered -- A Conversation with Jose Carlos Agüero -- Michael J. Lazzara and Charles F. Walker

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"The Surrendered is the English translation of Jose Carlos Agüero acclaimed memoir, his story as the son of two Shining Path militants executed by the Peruvian state. It moves from his parents' political trajectory and life as guerrillas to his own childhood, often spent on the run. The book also examines and contributes to debates about memory and forgiveness, human rights, and reconciliation. In addition to the translation of Agüero s preface and main text, this English edition includes an editors' introduction that explains the hybrid nature of the book and the complex history of the Shining Path. It also contains an extensive interview with Agüero (translated from the Spanish) in which Lazzara and Walker invite him to elaborate on the book's themes and to reflect on its reception and his life as a public intellectual"-- Provided by publisher.

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