Parcels - 9780813595238

ParcelsMemories of Salvadoran Migration\nAuthor(s): Mike Anastario\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Rutgers University Press, United States\nImprint: Rutgers University Press\nISBN-13: 9780813595238, 978-0813595238\nSynopsis\nIn 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 Norteo,\"" 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 [url] and El Salvador, Anastario tells the story behind parcels and illuminates their larger cultural and structural sig.