Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Territories of Conflict through Colombian Cultural Studies 1
4. Part One: Violence, Memory, and Nation
5. 1 Narratives of the Past in History Textbooks 23
6. 2 The Duty of Memory: La Violencia between Remembrance and Forgetting 37
7. 3 National Identity in Colombian Comics: Between Violence and New Configurations 49
8. 4 Victims and Warriors: Representations and Self-Representations of the FARC-EP and Its Leaders 69
9. 5 Charisma and Nation in the Hegemony of Uribismo in Colombia 80
10. Part Two: Space, Ethnicity, and the Environment
11. 6 The Greenhouse Gaze: Climate and Culture in Colombia (1808–1934) 97
12. 7 The Darién Gap: Political Discourse and Economic Development in Colombia 112
13. 8 Safeguarding the Witoto: How Indigenous Law May Challenge the Universality of Human Rights 121
14. 9 The Soundscape and the Reshaping of Territories: Neighborhood Sounds in San Nicolás, Cali 135
15. Part Three: Body and Gender Politics
16. 10 The Amputated Body: Ghostly and Literal Presence 147
17. 11 Colombian Women Activists and the Potential for Peace 160
18. 12 Beauty Queens and Theme Parks: Coffee Culture in Contemporary Colombia 175
19. 13 Amores Invisibles: The Politics of Gender in the Colombian Cultural Industry 189
20. Part Four: Musical and Visual Landscapes
21. 14 Unheard Claims, Well-Known Rhythms: The Musical Guerrilla FARC-EP (1988–2010) 209
22. 15 The Case of Chocquibtown: Approaches to the Nation in Contemporary New Colombian Music 221
23. 16 Weaving Words and Meanings for the Colombian Countryside: Jorge Velosa’s Carranguera Lyrics 231
24. 17 Natural Plots: The Rural Turn in Contemporary Colombian Cinema 248
25. 18 Kidnapping and Representation: Images of a Sovereign in the Making 267
26. 19 Going Down Narco Memory Lane: Pablo Escobar in the Visual Media 282
27. List of Contributors 295
28. Index 299