{"product_id":"states-of-defeat-us-imaginaries-of-revolutionary-central-america-9781517919900","title":"States of Defeat: Us Imaginaries of Revolutionary Central America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe cultural reverberations of Central America's failed revolutions on US intellectual thought\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The thwarted Central American revolutions during the latter half of the twentieth century marked a watershed in what had become a global anti-imperialist movement striving for a more egalitarian future. Examining a range of documentary, literary, and artistic works, \u003ci\u003eStates of Defeat\u003c\/i\u003e looks at how left-wing intellectuals in the United States reckoned with the fallout from these defeats through wide-ranging creative expressions of indignation, cynicism, and grief. \u003cp\u003e As he argues for the historical significance of Central America in the transition out of the Cold War, Eric A. Vázquez shows how the unfulfilled revolutionary ambitions in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala prompted intellectuals in the United States to reexamine their desires for radical transformation. Analyzing novels, memoirs, anthropological writings, documentary film, and archival materials from the 1980s and 1990s, he demonstrates how these texts prefigured later anxieties about secrecy and securitization, the rise of nongovernmental organizational forms, and state failure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Examining the legacies of unfulfilled anti-imperialist political ideals and their implications for the global left in the twenty-first century, \u003ci\u003eStates of Defeat\u003c\/i\u003e offers a renewed perspective on the function of Central America in the US imagination. Amid a resurgence of crackdowns on public protest and a rise in virulent anti-immigrant campaigns throughout the United States and globally, Vázquez presents urgent and valuable insights into the viability of political solidarity and state power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Eric A. Vázquez is assistant professor in American studies and Latina\/o\/x studies at the University of Iowa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51830477750546,"sku":"9781517919900","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a487e7a2-497f-4f58-8ab1-747879d071aa.jpg?v=1767003599","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/states-of-defeat-us-imaginaries-of-revolutionary-central-america-9781517919900","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}