TY - GEN T1 - Parcels : memories of Salvadoran migration T2 - Latinidad. A1 - Anastario, Mike, 1981- LA - English PP - New Brunswick, New Jersey PB - Rutgers University Press YR - 2019 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1120696517 AB - In light of new proposals to control undocumented migrants in the United States, Parcels prioritizes rural Salvadoran remembering in an effort to combat the collective amnesia that supports the logic of these historically myopic strategies. Mike Anastario investigates the social memories of individuals from a town he refers to as "El Norteño," a rural municipality in El Salvador that was heavily impacted by the Salvadoran Civil War, which in turn fueled a mass exodus to the United States. By working with two viajeros (travelers) who exchanged encomiendas (parcels containing food, medicine, documents, photographs and letters) between those in the U.S. and El Salvador, Anastario tells the story behind parcels and illuminates their larger cultural and structural significance. This narrative approach elucidates key arguments concerning the ways in which social memory permits and is shaped by structural violence, particularly the U.S. actions and policies that have resulted in the emotional and physical distress of so many Salvadorans. The book uses analyses of testimonies, statistics, memories of migration, the war and, of course, the many parcels sent over the border to create an innovative and necessary account of post-Civil War El Salvador. OP - 198 CN - E184.S15 A63 2019eb SN - 9780813595269 SN - 0813595266 SN - 0813595231 SN - 9780813595238 SN - 9780813595221 SN - 0813595223 KW - Salvadorans : United States. KW - Collective memory. KW - Emigrant remittances : El Salvador. KW - El Salvador : History : Civil War, 1979-1992 : Social aspects. KW - Salvadoriens : États-Unis. KW - Mémoire collective. KW - Envois de fonds des émigrants : Salvador. KW - Salvador : Histoire : 1979-1992 (Guerre civile) : Aspect social. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : General. KW - Collective memory KW - Emigrant remittances KW - Salvadorans KW - Social aspects KW - El Salvador KW - United States KW - 1979-1992 KW - History ER -