Elvira Sánchez-Blake's shattering testimonial novel Spiral of Silence (Espiral de Silencios) depicts the impact of Colombia’s civil war on three women: Norma, an upper-class army wife; Maria Theresa, a young rebel and mother; and Amparo, who comes of age at a critical moment in the country’s history.
Populism and Performance applies the analytical frameworks of performances studies to illuminate the populist uprising in support of Hugo Chávez’s Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela. It focuses on the figure of the devil in festival, theater, and film to trace the formation and growth of chavismo as a movement.
