Repressed memory: Rethinking the impact of Latin America's forgotten pandemics
Abstract: The 'Columbian exchange' (Crosby) after 1492 mixed bacteria and viruses from the 'Old' and the 'New World'; ever since then, epidemics have shaped the political course of events in Latin America and the Caribbean. While the diseases and their victims are largely forgotten in collective memory, they also remain marginal in much of conventional scholarship, as they are not easily framed in narratives of national history or social emancipation. The present contribution provides concrete examples that demonstrate the profound political impact of pandemics, but also the lack of attention they have received in standard textbooks and accounts of Latin American history. The conclusions call on scholars to fully embrace the insights from environmental history and epidemiological research into their teaching and writing on the region
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Memoria reprimida: Reflexión sobre el impacto de las pandemias olvidadas de Latinoamérica
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (2020) 109 ; 203-211
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Mannheim
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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2020
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10.32992/erlacs.10677
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-69543-5
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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15.08.2025, 07:32 MESZ
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Beteiligte
- Hoffmann, Bert
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Entstanden
- 2020
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