Shining and Other Paths: War and Society in Peru, 1980-1995

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About the Series ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Introduction. Beyond Enigma: An Agenda for Interpreting Path and Peru, 1980-1995 / Steve J. Stern 1 Part I. Within and Against History: Conceptualizing Roots 1. From Race to Class: Insurgent Intellectuals de provincia in Peru, 1910-1970 / Marisol de la Cadena 22 2. On Poor Relations and the Nouveau Riche: Path and the Radical Peruvian Left / Ivan Hinojosa 60 3. Chronicle of a Path Foretold? Velasco's Revolution, Vanguardia Revolucionaria, and Shining Omens in the Indigenous Communities of Andahuaylas / Florencia E. Mallon 84 Part II. Conquest that Failed: War for the Center-South Introduction to Part II 121 4. Harvesting Storms: Peasant Rondas and the Defeat of Sendero Luminoso in Ayacucho / Carlos Ivan Degregori 128 5. Family, Culture, and Revolution: Everyday Life with Sendero Luminoso / Ponciano del Pino H. 158 6. War of the Central Sierra / Nelson Manrique 192 7. Villagers at Arms: War and Counterrevolution in the Central-South Andes / Orin Starn 224 Part III. Obliterating Paths: Battles of Lima and Puno Introduction to Part III 261 8. Path and the Decisive Battle in Lima's Barriadas: Case of Villa El Salvador / Jo-Marie Burt 267 9. Apogee and Crisis of a Third Path: Mariateguismo, People's and Counterinsurgency in Puno, 1987-1994 / Jose Luis Renique 307 Part IV. Women as Citizen-Subjects: Exploring the Gendered War Introduction to Part IV 341 10. Women in War: Impact and Responses / Isabel Coral Cordero 345 Part V. Political Rule, Political Culture: Ironic Legacies of War Introduction to Part V 377 11. Civil-Military Relations in Peru, 1980-1996: How to Control and Coopt the Military (and the consequences of doing so) / Enrique Obando 385 12. Alberto Fujimori: The Man Peru Needed? / Patricia Oliart 411 13. Sendero Luminoso and Human Rights: A Perverse Logic that Captured the Country / Carlos Basombrio Iglesias 425 14. Human Rights and Social Referents: Construction of New Sensibilities / Hortensia Munoz 447 Conclusion. and Other Paths: Origins, Dynamics, and Legacies of War, 1980-1995 / Steve J. Stern 470 Abbreviations and Organizations 477 Bibliography 481 Index 511 Contributors 533