RT Book
T1 Throwing stones at the moon: narratives from Colombians displaced by violence
T2 Voice of Witness
A2 Brodzinsky, Sibylla
A2 Schoening, Max
A2 Betancourt, Ingrid 1961-
LA English
PP Chicago, Illinois
PB Haymarket Books
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1843962853
AB For nearly five decades, Colombia has been embroiled in internal armed conflict among guerrilla groups, paramilitary militias, and the country's own military. Civilians in Colombia have to make their lives despite the threat of torture, kidnapping, and large-scale massacres-and more than four million have had to flee their homes. The oral histories in Throwing Stones at the Moondescribe the most widespread of Colombia's human rights crises: forced displacement. Speakers recount life before displacement, the reasons for their flight, and their struggle to rebuild their lives. Among the narrators:JULIA, a hospital union leader whose fight against corruption led to a brutal attempt on her life. In 2009, assassins tracked her to her home and stabbed her seven times in the face and chest. Since the attack, Julia has undergone eight facial reconstructive surgeries, and continues to live in hiding.DANNY, who at eighteen joined a right-wing paramilitary's enormous training camp in the Eastern Plains of Colombia. Initially lured by the promise of quick money, Danny soon realized his mistake and escaped to Ecuador. He describes his harrowing escape and his struggle to survive as a refugee with two young children to support
CN 305.90691409861
SN 9781642595413
K1 armed conflict
K1 Bewaffnete Konflikte
K1 Flüchtlinge und politisches Asyl
K1 Gewalt und Missbrauch in der Gesellschaft
K1 HISTORY / Latin America / South America
K1 LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Caribbean & Latin American
K1 Mündlich überlieferte Geschichte, Oral History
K1 Oral History
K1 POL057000
K1 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights
K1 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights
K1 Refugees & political asylum
K1 Social Science / Violence In Society
K1 Violence in society
K1 Colombia
K1 Kolumbien
K1 Aufsatzsammlung
K1 Kolumbien : Guerilla : Paramilitärischer Verband : Militär : Mord : Gewalttätigkeit : Vergewaltigung : Vertreibung