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Urban Guerrilla vs. Citizens Revolution

The Ecuadorian Dilemma at the Turn of the Century

Nicolás Buckley - Foreword by David Carey Jr.

Urban Guerrilla vs Citizens Revolution: The Ecuadorian Dilemma at the Turn of the Century examines how trauma and modernity affected the daily lives of Ecuadorian guerrilla activists. Utilizing oral histories and archival study, this book describes the lives of activists in the Ecuadorian guerrilla group ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo!. Dr. Nicolas Buckley demonstrates not only how these AVC activist’s life stories reveal their traumas, but also how their traumas are proof that modern Ecuador is still anchored in its colonial past. Further, Dr. Buckley explores two identities that emerged in Latin America, the “mestizo” versus the “indigenous.”

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Lexington Books
Pages: 168 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-66694-136-4 • Hardback • October 2023 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-66694-137-1 • eBook • October 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Subjects: History / Latin America / South America, History / Modern / General, History / Oral History, History / Urban History, History / Military / Guerilla Warfare

Nicolás Buckley is professor of postgraduate studies at European University of Madrid.

Foreword by David Carey Jr.

Introduction

Chapter 1: Theory and daily life in Latin America

Chapter 2: The experience of modernity

Chapter 3: Dreams of a mestizo youth

Chapter 4: Reggaeton or Citizen´s Revolution?

Epilogue: The indigenous rebellion of 2019. Crossing experiences between the activists and the oral historian

Conclusions

Bibliography

About the Author

In comparison to guerrilla movements in other Latin American countries, ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (AVC)—in English, "Alfaro Lives, Dammit!"—in Ecuador was relatively minor and short lived. Taking its name from former President Eloy Alfaro, a general who led a liberal revolution in 1895, the AVC first emerged in 1983. By 1986 state security forces had largely dismantled the group, killing many of its leaders and imprisoning and torturing many of its members. As with many other guerrilla movements, the AVC still lacks a strong synthetic study. Instead, there are only a number of often self-published narratives and memoirs that lack broad distribution. In this short book, which was originally published in Spanish, Buckley presents oral interviews he collected from the group’s former members during a seven-year residency in Ecuador. [The] book approaches the topic[s] from the perspective of cultural studies, emphasizing musings on modernity, especially as it relates to mestizo and Indigenous identities. Recommended. Faculty and professionals.


— Choice Reviews


This is a wonderfully rendered work of historical recuperation. Buckley, with graceful style, captures both the hopes and fears that ran across the political spectrum in Ecuador. Invaluable.


— Greg Grandin, Yale University


The current text brilliantly highlights AVC's political, social and cultural contributions, and assesses its greater impact within the problematics of modernity. It is without a doubt a welcomed document to the greater understanding of social reality in South America and the Andes.


— Oswaldo Hugo Benavides, Ph.D and Independent Scholar


Part meditation on modernity, part reflection on the aging of revolutionary activism, part oral history collection, this readable volume on Ecuador’s Alfaro Vive Carajo offers the first systematic account of a unique if often overlooked guerrilla movement from Latin America’s Cold War.


— Ernesto Capello, Macalester College


Urban Guerrilla vs. Citizens Revolution

The Ecuadorian Dilemma at the Turn of the Century

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Hardback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Urban Guerrilla vs Citizens Revolution: The Ecuadorian Dilemma at the Turn of the Century examines how trauma and modernity affected the daily lives of Ecuadorian guerrilla activists. Utilizing oral histories and archival study, this book describes the lives of activists in the Ecuadorian guerrilla group ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo!. Dr. Nicolas Buckley demonstrates not only how these AVC activist’s life stories reveal their traumas, but also how their traumas are proof that modern Ecuador is still anchored in its colonial past. Further, Dr. Buckley explores two identities that emerged in Latin America, the “mestizo” versus the “indigenous.”

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 168 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-66694-136-4 • Hardback • October 2023 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
    978-1-66694-137-1 • eBook • October 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: History / Latin America / South America, History / Modern / General, History / Oral History, History / Urban History, History / Military / Guerilla Warfare
Author
Author
  • Nicolás Buckley is professor of postgraduate studies at European University of Madrid.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Foreword by David Carey Jr.

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Theory and daily life in Latin America

    Chapter 2: The experience of modernity

    Chapter 3: Dreams of a mestizo youth

    Chapter 4: Reggaeton or Citizen´s Revolution?

    Epilogue: The indigenous rebellion of 2019. Crossing experiences between the activists and the oral historian

    Conclusions

    Bibliography

    About the Author

Reviews
Reviews
  • In comparison to guerrilla movements in other Latin American countries, ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (AVC)—in English, "Alfaro Lives, Dammit!"—in Ecuador was relatively minor and short lived. Taking its name from former President Eloy Alfaro, a general who led a liberal revolution in 1895, the AVC first emerged in 1983. By 1986 state security forces had largely dismantled the group, killing many of its leaders and imprisoning and torturing many of its members. As with many other guerrilla movements, the AVC still lacks a strong synthetic study. Instead, there are only a number of often self-published narratives and memoirs that lack broad distribution. In this short book, which was originally published in Spanish, Buckley presents oral interviews he collected from the group’s former members during a seven-year residency in Ecuador. [The] book approaches the topic[s] from the perspective of cultural studies, emphasizing musings on modernity, especially as it relates to mestizo and Indigenous identities. Recommended. Faculty and professionals.


    — Choice Reviews


    This is a wonderfully rendered work of historical recuperation. Buckley, with graceful style, captures both the hopes and fears that ran across the political spectrum in Ecuador. Invaluable.


    — Greg Grandin, Yale University


    The current text brilliantly highlights AVC's political, social and cultural contributions, and assesses its greater impact within the problematics of modernity. It is without a doubt a welcomed document to the greater understanding of social reality in South America and the Andes.


    — Oswaldo Hugo Benavides, Ph.D and Independent Scholar


    Part meditation on modernity, part reflection on the aging of revolutionary activism, part oral history collection, this readable volume on Ecuador’s Alfaro Vive Carajo offers the first systematic account of a unique if often overlooked guerrilla movement from Latin America’s Cold War.


    — Ernesto Capello, Macalester College


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