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The Naturalization of Peace and War: The Hegemonic Discourses on the Political Violence in Guatemala

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The Struggle for Memory in Latin America

Part of the book series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice ((MPTJ))

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The political violence exerted by the state in Guatemala is not an exceptional feature attributable to a specific time, although the peculiarity shown from 1978 meant a twist in such a long-term history.

Translation from Spanish by Débora López Burgardt.

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Eugenia Allier-Montaño Emilio Crenzel

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Rostica, J. (2015). The Naturalization of Peace and War: The Hegemonic Discourses on the Political Violence in Guatemala. In: Allier-Montaño, E., Crenzel, E. (eds) The Struggle for Memory in Latin America. Memory Politics and Transitional Justice. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137527349_11

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