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States of Defeat: Us Imaginaries of Revolutionary Central America

Name: States of Defeat: Us Imaginaries of Revolutionary Central America
Brand: University of Minnesota Press
SKU: 9781517919900
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Contributors:

Eric A. VÃ¡zquez

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Social Science, Political Science

Book Subcategory:

Cultural & Ethnic Studies, History & Theory

Book Topic:

American, Caribbean & Latin American Studies

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Release Date:

11/18/2025

ISBN 13:

9781517919900

Weight:

0.9 lbs

Size:

8.51 x 5.52 x 0.88 inches

Pages:

256

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The cultural reverberations of Central America's failed revolutions on US intellectual thought

The thwarted Central American revolutions during the latter half of the twentieth century marked a watershed in what had become a global anti-imperialist movement striving for a more egalitarian future. Examining a range of documentary, literary, and artistic works, States of Defeat looks at how left-wing intellectuals in the United States reckoned with the fallout from these defeats through wide-ranging creative expressions of indignation, cynicism, and grief.

As he argues for the historical significance of Central America in the transition out of the Cold War, Eric A. Vázquez shows how the unfulfilled revolutionary ambitions in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala prompted intellectuals in the United States to reexamine their desires for radical transformation. Analyzing novels, memoirs, anthropological writings, documentary film, and archival materials from the 1980s and 1990s, he demonstrates how these texts prefigured later anxieties about secrecy and securitization, the rise of nongovernmental organizational forms, and state failure.

Examining the legacies of unfulfilled anti-imperialist political ideals and their implications for the global left in the twenty-first century, States of Defeat offers a renewed perspective on the function of Central America in the US imagination. Amid a resurgence of crackdowns on public protest and a rise in virulent anti-immigrant campaigns throughout the United States and globally, Vázquez presents urgent and valuable insights into the viability of political solidarity and state power.

About the Author

Eric A. Vázquez is assistant professor in American studies and Latina/o/x studies at the University of Iowa.

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