Mental Illness in Peruvian Narratives of Violence after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18986010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward Chauca (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 67-85 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/lar.2016.0025 |
| OpenAlex | W2472249295 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
This essay examines the influence that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru (TRC, 2001–2003) had in the recent novels Abril rojo (2006) by Santiago Roncagliolo, La hora azul (2005) by Alonso Cueto, and El camino de regreso (2007) by José de Piérola. In particular, I focus on how the TRC’s treatment of mental health issues have provided these writers with new ways to approach violence and social justice after the twenty years of terrorist and state violence (1980–2000) that cloud Peruvian history. As part of its investigations, the TRC paid close attention to the mental health of the victims and the psychosocial effects of violence. Its investigation influenced the writers I study, who use representations of mental illnesses to allegorize the country’s situation after the years of violence and to imagine processes of justice and reconciliation that will reestablish a healthy national community
Art · Commission · Criminology · Economic Justice · Literature · Mental health · Narrative · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Sociology · State (computer science) · Transitional justice · Latin American Literature Studies · Law · Memory, violence, and history · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |