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Poets And Prophets Of The Resistance by Joaquin M. Chavez, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

From Joaquin M. Chavez

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Poets And Prophets Of The Resistance by Joaquin M. Chavez, Paperback | Indigo Chapters
Poets And Prophets Of The Resistance by Joaquin M. Chavez, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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Poets And Prophets Of The Resistance by Joaquin M. Chavez, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

From Joaquin M. Chavez

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Poets and Prophets of the Resistance offers a ground-up history and fresh interpretation of the polarization and mobilization that brought El Salvador to the eve of civil war in 1980. Challenging the dominant narrative that university students and political dissidents primarily formed theSalvadoran guerrillas, Joaquin Chavez argues that El Salvador's socioeconomic and political crises of the 1970s fomented a groundswell of urban and peasant intellectuals who collaborated to spur larger revolutionary social movements. Drawing on new archival sources and in-depth interviews, Poets and Prophets of the Resistance contests the idea that urban militants and Roman Catholic priests influenced by Liberation Theology single-handedly organized and politicized peasant groups. Chavez shows instead how peasant intellectualsacted as political catalysts among their own communities first, particularly in the region of Chalatenango, laying the groundwork for the peasant movements that were to come. In this way, he contends, the Salvadoran insurgency emerged in a dialogue between urban and peasant intellectuals workingtogether to create and execute a common revolutionary strategy - one that drew on cultures of resistance deeply rooted in the country's history, poetry, and religion. Focusing on this cross-pollination, this book introduces the idea that a "pedagogy of revolution" originated in this historicalalliance between urban and peasant, making use of secular and Catholic pedagogies such as radio schools, literacy programs, and rural cooperatives. This pedagogy became more and more radicalized over time as it pushed back against the increasingly repressive structures of 1970s El Salvador. Teasing out the roles of little-known groups such as the politically active "La Masacuata" literary movement, the contributions of Catholic Action intellectuals to the New Left, and the overlooked efforts of peasant leaders, Poets and Prophets of the Resistance demonstrates how trans-class politicaland cultural interactions drove the revolutionary mobilizations that anticipated the Salvadoran civil war. | Poets And Prophets Of The Resistance by Joaquin M. Chavez, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

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