Studies of the Americas Chocolate Politics and Peace-Building - Gwen Burnyeat Kartoniert (TB)

This book tells the story of the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó an emblematic grassroots social movement of peasant farmers who unusually declared themselves 'neutral' to Colombia's internal armed conflict in the north-west region of Urabá. It reveals two core narratives in the Community's collective identity which Burnyeat calls the 'radical' and the 'organic' narratives. These refer to the historically-constituted interpretative frameworks according to which they perceive respectively the Colombian state and their relationship with their natural and social environments. Togethe r these two narratives form an 'Alternative Community' collective identity comprising a distinctive conception of grassroots peace-building. This study centered on the Community's socio-economic cacao-farming project offers an innovative way of approaching victims' organizations and social movements through critical post-modern politics and anthropology. It will become essential reading toLatin American ethnographers and historians and all interested in conflict resolution and transitional justice. Read the author's blog drawing on the book here: http: blogs.lse.ac.uk latamcaribbean 2018 06 07 colombias-unsung-heroes