E-raamat: Decolonial Witnessing: Cold War Afterlives in Latin American and Latinx Testimonios

"Tightly argued, tender, provocative, and meticulously researched, Decolonial Witnessing offers a significant new analysis that ties together the seemingly unending afterlives of both the Cold War and the War on Terror to an ever denser and more violent deportation machinery. Escobar's eloquent study illustrates the complex reparative work of witnessing as a process of refusing violent hierarchies and redefining the human and the rights to be human while also teaching us how to read and learn from a broad array of cultural texts." - Mary Pat Brady, Cornell University, author of Scales of Captivity: Racial Capitalism and the Latinx Child

"Decolonial Witnessing is a powerful and necessary intervention that revitalizes our understanding of testimonio for the twenty-first century. Escobar's incisive readings show how contemporary artists and writers transform witnessing into a decolonial practice that foregrounds gender, youth, and migration with extraordinary nuance. The book's transnational vision is one of its greatest strengths, revealing the reach of US power while honoring the creativity and resilience of Latin American and Latinx communities. Bold, interdisciplinary, and ethically attuned, Decolonial Witnessing demonstrates why testimonio remains an indispensable human rights genreand why its afterlives matter now more than ever." - Verónica Garibotto, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author of Rethinking Testimonial Cinema in Postdictatorship Argentina: Beyond Memory Fatigue