Stories of the civil war in El Salvador
a narrative battle
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5377/realidad.v0i153.9461Keywords:
Memory, Narratives, Testimony, Autobiography, Public sphere, Civil war, Life storiesAbstract
Since the end of their civil war in 1992, Salvadorans have produced an unprecedented number of published life histories in the form of testimonies and memoirs/autobiographies. The basis for this study is to have read those life histories comprehensively to determine if any patterns exist in them in terms of content and/or narrative style. My principal finding is that four distinct memory communities in these life stories sources. Each community if defined by a unique and coherent narrative that its members employ with marked consistency. These four narratives are mutually exclusive and their existence suggests that post-war El Salvador is defined by a narrative battle or the memory and meaning of the civil war.
Realidad: Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades No. 153, 2019: 23-47
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