1. Derechos humanos, comisiones de la verdad y nuevas ficciones globales.
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Rosenberg, Fernando J.
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TRUTH commissions , *HUMAN rights , *GOVERNMENTAL investigations , *HUMAN rights violations , *DEMOCRATIZATION , *GEOPOLITICS , *LITERATURE & history - Abstract
This essay discusses the influence of the paralegal paradigm of "truth and reconciliation" prevalent in the geopolitical climate of the last two decades of the 20th century in several recent Latin American novels. These novels take as a central topic parallel historical processes, set in different national contexts such as Peru, Chile and Guatemala. The fact that these novels are awarded the most important literary awards in Spanish -awards managed by Spanish editorial conglomerates- shows there is an intricate relationship between promoting a panhispanic literary market and projecting a global political-legal imaginary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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