Landscapes of struggle : politics, society, and community in El Salvador

During the 1980s, El Salvador's violent civil war captured the world's attention. In the years since, the country has undergone dramatic changes. Landscapes of Struggle offers a broad, interdisciplinary assessment of El Salvador from the late nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the ways local politics have shaped the development of the nation.

Proceeding chronologically, these essays-by historians, political scientists, sociologists, and anthropologists-explore the political, social, and cultural dynamics governing the Salvadoran experience, including the crucial roles of land, the military, and ethnicity; the effects of the civil war; and recent transformations, such as the growth of a large Salvadoran diaspora in the United States. Taken together, they provide a fully realized portrait of El Salvador's troublesome past, transformative present, and uncertain future.

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Contributors to this volume consider the sources of political and cultural conflicts in El Salvador from the closing decades of the 19th century to its civil war of the 1990s and the aftermath of the 1992 Peace Accords. Their essays provide a more probing analysis of peasant and urban worker grievances and discontent in 20th-century El Salvador than such earlier studies as Thomas Anderson's 1971 narrative Matanza: El Salvador's Communist Revolt of 1932 (CH, Mar'72). Issues they address include land ownership and agrarian reform, patron-client relationships, the influence of liberation theology in rural communities, and the military repression of its proponents. Several of the case studies demonstrate that corruption and support for the neoliberal policies of national government replaced the spirit of cooperation and unity evident in rural communities during the 12 years of civil war. Especially illuminating are the chapters treating urban violence in contemporary society and the effects of migration to the US on the country's social and economic development. A welcome addition to the historiography of modern El Salvador, the work also indicates to Latin Americanists key topics for further research. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. J. A. Gagliano emeritus, Loyola University of Chicago

Abbreviations	p. vii
Local History, Politics, and the State in El Salvador	p. 1
Section 1 Linking the Local with the National--Prewar Salvadoran History Reconsidered	p. 13
Land, Community, and Revolt in Late Nineteenth-Century Indian Izalco	p. 17
The Formation of the Urban Middle Sectors in El Salvador, 1910-1944	p. 39
Patronage and Politics under General Maximiliano Martinez, 1931-1939: The Local Roots of Military Authoritarianism in El Salvador	p. 50
Colonels and Industrial Workers in El Salvador, 1944-1972: Seeking Societal Support through Gendered Labor Reforms	p. 71
The Formation of a Rural Community: Joya de Ceren, 1954-1995	p. 85
Section 2 Civil War and Its Aftermath: Local Politics and Community	p. 101
Peasants, Catechists, Revolutionaries: Organic Intellectuals in the Salvadoran Revolution, 1980-1992	p. 105
Civil War and Reconstruction: The Repopulation of Tenancingo	p. 126
Between Clientelism and Radical Democracy: The Case of Ciudad Segundo Montes	p. 147
Not Revolutionary Enough? Community Rebuilding in Postwar Chalatenango	p. 166
The Salvadoran Land Struggle in the 1990s: Cohesion, Commitment, and Corruption	p. 187
Section 3 Culture and Ideology in Contemporary El Salvador	p. 207
"This Is Not Culture!": The Effects of Ethnodiscourse and Ethnopolitics in El Salvador	p. 211
"El Capitan Cinchazo": Blood and Meaning in Postwar San Salvador	p. 226
In the Stream of Money: Contradictions of Migration, Remittances, and Development in El Salvador	p. 245
Notes	p. 263
Bibliography	p. 307
Contributors	p. 317
Index	p. 319

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