Unveiling Secrets of War in the Peruvian Andes Book

Illustrations: Maps, Table, Figures

1                    Introduction

Secret or Forgotten Memories?

                        The Making of the Ethnography

2          The Village and the Impact of Political Violence

                        Sarhua Llaqta: The Village of Sarhua and Its People

                        The Times of Danger

3          The Said and the Unsaid

                        An Unusual Visit

                        Intended Forgetfulness

                        Gossip

                        The Missing Image of the Disappeared Man

                        Envy

                        Ressentiment

Confession

                        The Power to Silence

4          The Production of “Truth”

                        Old and New Sarhuino Painting Traditions

                        Events, Blamed Actors and Time Sequence in the “Piraq Causa”

                        Absent Themes

                        Unexpected Viewers and the Question of “Truth”

                        The Role of Imagination

                        Traces of the Real

                        Relationship between the Image and the Text

                        Condensation, Exaggeration, and Accentuation

                        Symbolism

5          Social Disruption

                        The Threat of Individualism: An Inside Enemy

                        The Threat of Outside Enemies: A Call for Unity

                        A Threat to Abolish the “Varayoqkuna” System: A Sign of Disunity

6          A Familiar Secret

                        A Crucial Alliance

                        A Deferred Response

                        The Final Push

                        The Uprising

Capricho

                        The Expulsion  

                        Sarhua Charged with Terrorism

                        Narciso Seeks Revenge

                        The Community’s Reaction

A Secretly Deserved Death

7          Ambiguous Realities

                        Narciso Appears in Dreams

                        Between the Visible and the Invisible

                        Qarqachas

                        Defiant Qarqachas

                        Condenados

                        The Condenado of Ranranizio

                        The Condenado of Aywiri

8          Behind the Visible

                        Another “Disappearance”

                        Secret 1: The Invisible Presence of the State

                        Secret 2: Communal Justice or Private Revenge?

                        Secret 3: The Community’s Endorsement of Justiniano and Sendero

                        Secret 4: The Surrender and Pardon of Sarhuino Senderistas

9          Conclusions

Afterword        Coda to an Investigation: New Findings and Old

Appendixes

            Appendix A: The Piraq Causa Paintings

            Appendix B: The General Law of Peasant Communities

            Appendix C: Communal Meeting of November 30, 1996

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

Notes

References