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Violence in Peru, 1980-2000: Trauma’s Unresolved Memories

Hendricks, Lauren B.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1258729933

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2009, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Spanish and Portuguese.
The topic of this dissertation is the social trauma produced by the political confrontations and civil war in Peru from 1980-2000. My hypotheses are that the Shining Path initiated its armed struggle partly motivated by the long history of colonial trauma, but the cycle of violence of these last decades added another layer of individual and collective trauma that Peruvian society is now trying to resolve. I discuss the theoretical framework, examine the newspaper coverage and the Shining Path perspectives of the conflict, analyze the literature and films which focus on the conflict and explore Peru’s attempts to achieve truth, justice and reconciliation. I demonstrate that the unresolved memories of the oppression of the lower classes created layers of trauma which motivated the Shining Path to perpetrate violence. I also discuss that Peruvians’ inability to work through their memories of the conflict has prevented them from being able to cope with their everyday lives and work towards creating a new future. Finally, I show that the documentary State of Fear, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report and the Fujimori trial have enabled Peruvians to learn about the past, build a relationship of trust with the state and verbalize and confront their memories. Nevertheless, I assert that since divisions still exist among the social classes, the hidden layers of historical trauma have yet to be satisfactorily addressed.
Abril Trigo, PhD (Committee Chair)
Ana Del Sarto, PhD (Committee Co-Chair)
Kenneth Andrien, PhD (Committee Member)
310 p.
Latin American Literature

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  • Hendricks, L. B. (2009). Violence in Peru, 1980-2000: Trauma’s Unresolved Memories [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1258729933

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hendricks, Lauren. Violence in Peru, 1980-2000: Trauma’s Unresolved Memories. 2009. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1258729933.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hendricks, Lauren. "Violence in Peru, 1980-2000: Trauma’s Unresolved Memories." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1258729933

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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