Another history of violence: The production of "Geographies of Terror" in Colombia's Pacific Coast Region

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 77-102

  Oslender, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afro Colombia; Black communities; Forced displacement; Resistance; Terror

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FORCED MIGRATION; GEOPOLITICS; HUMANITARIAN AID; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; TERRORISM; VIOLENCE;

COLOMBIA; PACIFIC COAST [COLOMBIA]; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41149139739     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X08321961     Document Type: Article

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