Christopher Fletcher
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199546916
- eISBN:
- 9780191720826
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546916.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
This chapter examines the process by which the settlement put in place in 1388-90 slowly came apart in the mid-1390s, as Richard II used his acknowledged status as king and man to reassert his ...
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This chapter examines the process by which the settlement put in place in 1388-90 slowly came apart in the mid-1390s, as Richard II used his acknowledged status as king and man to reassert his authority. It examines how the king used his position to entertain the grievances of those dissatisfied with the existing balance of power, for example in Gascony and in the English localities. It considers how Richard was subsequently able to re-perform a series of rites of passage which had failed to establish his manhood in his teens, notably with his expedition to Ireland and with his second marriage, to Isabel of France. By 1397 the king had established his adult power on a reasonably secure basis; it only remained to be seen whether he would use his position to preserve the status quo, or to pursue manly revenge against those who had defied him in 1386-8.Less
This chapter examines the process by which the settlement put in place in 1388-90 slowly came apart in the mid-1390s, as Richard II used his acknowledged status as king and man to reassert his authority. It examines how the king used his position to entertain the grievances of those dissatisfied with the existing balance of power, for example in Gascony and in the English localities. It considers how Richard was subsequently able to re-perform a series of rites of passage which had failed to establish his manhood in his teens, notably with his expedition to Ireland and with his second marriage, to Isabel of France. By 1397 the king had established his adult power on a reasonably secure basis; it only remained to be seen whether he would use his position to preserve the status quo, or to pursue manly revenge against those who had defied him in 1386-8.
Robert Wyatt and John Andrew Johnson
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195327113
- eISBN:
- 9780199851249
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195327113.003.0061
- Subject:
- Music, Popular
This chapter presents the text of Isabel Morse Jones article titled Gershwin Analyzes Science of Rhythm, which was published in the February 7, 1937, issue of the Los Angeles Times. Jones' article ...
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This chapter presents the text of Isabel Morse Jones article titled Gershwin Analyzes Science of Rhythm, which was published in the February 7, 1937, issue of the Los Angeles Times. Jones' article reportz on Gershwin's decision to settle on the West Coast in August 1936. He made a number of friends because of insatiable desire to learn new things. During this time, Gershwin also recognized the new phase of jazz called swing.Less
This chapter presents the text of Isabel Morse Jones article titled Gershwin Analyzes Science of Rhythm, which was published in the February 7, 1937, issue of the Los Angeles Times. Jones' article reportz on Gershwin's decision to settle on the West Coast in August 1936. He made a number of friends because of insatiable desire to learn new things. During this time, Gershwin also recognized the new phase of jazz called swing.
William Cloonan
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781786941329
- eISBN:
- 9781789629101
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9781786941329.003.0010
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 19th Century Literature
The discussion shows how Diane Johnson’s novel, Le Divorce, is a rewriting of James’ The American. In this version the hero becomes the heroine, yet many of the dichotomies between the French and the ...
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The discussion shows how Diane Johnson’s novel, Le Divorce, is a rewriting of James’ The American. In this version the hero becomes the heroine, yet many of the dichotomies between the French and the Americans are maintained. EuroDisney, the symbol of American popular culture in France is paralleled by the quartier Saint-Germain-Des-Prés which has become a more highbrow French theme park, vaunting the glories of post-war French culture in the midst of upscale boutiques offering luxury items to wealthy American tourists. This is the only time in the novels discussed that an American makes a sustained effort to integrate herself into French society.Less
The discussion shows how Diane Johnson’s novel, Le Divorce, is a rewriting of James’ The American. In this version the hero becomes the heroine, yet many of the dichotomies between the French and the Americans are maintained. EuroDisney, the symbol of American popular culture in France is paralleled by the quartier Saint-Germain-Des-Prés which has become a more highbrow French theme park, vaunting the glories of post-war French culture in the midst of upscale boutiques offering luxury items to wealthy American tourists. This is the only time in the novels discussed that an American makes a sustained effort to integrate herself into French society.
Jane Stevenson
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780198185024
- eISBN:
- 9780191714238
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198185024.003.0010
- Subject:
- Literature, Women's Literature
This chapter focuses on Spanish women and scholarship: evidence from the middle ages. It discusses Spanish attitudes towards learned women, the royal nun Costanza de Castilla, and Fernando and Isabel ...
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This chapter focuses on Spanish women and scholarship: evidence from the middle ages. It discusses Spanish attitudes towards learned women, the royal nun Costanza de Castilla, and Fernando and Isabel as Renaissance rulers. Limited Spanish reception for humanism and women's involvement with mystical religion are examined. The chapter also considers learned women at the Spanish court, an evolving Hapsburg tradition of educated princesses. It also discusses the humanist Lucio Marineo Siculo's relations with a variety of Latin-literate women. It includes separate sections on Luisa Sigea; Renaissance literary culture in Portugal; women as contributors to poetic certamina in Latin as well as the vernacular; Latinity in convent culture; and the case of Juliana Morel. Reasons why the extensive humanist activity of the 16th century was not built upon in the 17th are enumerated.Less
This chapter focuses on Spanish women and scholarship: evidence from the middle ages. It discusses Spanish attitudes towards learned women, the royal nun Costanza de Castilla, and Fernando and Isabel as Renaissance rulers. Limited Spanish reception for humanism and women's involvement with mystical religion are examined. The chapter also considers learned women at the Spanish court, an evolving Hapsburg tradition of educated princesses. It also discusses the humanist Lucio Marineo Siculo's relations with a variety of Latin-literate women. It includes separate sections on Luisa Sigea; Renaissance literary culture in Portugal; women as contributors to poetic certamina in Latin as well as the vernacular; Latinity in convent culture; and the case of Juliana Morel. Reasons why the extensive humanist activity of the 16th century was not built upon in the 17th are enumerated.
Renée Levine Melammed
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195151671
- eISBN:
- 9780199849215
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195151671.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel signed the infamous edict declaring the expulsion of “Jews and Jeweses” of all the kingdoms. The Edict of Expulsion emphasized the belief that ...
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On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel signed the infamous edict declaring the expulsion of “Jews and Jeweses” of all the kingdoms. The Edict of Expulsion emphasized the belief that instruction was provided by the Jews to the conversos, especially at gatherings. Analysis of the trials and testimonies reveal that many of the accusations that the Jews induced the New Christians to circumcise their sons, gave them books, told them when to fast, and instructed them in their law, were indeed true.Less
On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel signed the infamous edict declaring the expulsion of “Jews and Jeweses” of all the kingdoms. The Edict of Expulsion emphasized the belief that instruction was provided by the Jews to the conversos, especially at gatherings. Analysis of the trials and testimonies reveal that many of the accusations that the Jews induced the New Christians to circumcise their sons, gave them books, told them when to fast, and instructed them in their law, were indeed true.
Christopher Storrs
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780300216899
- eISBN:
- 9780300225235
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300216899.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This book considers the extraordinary revival of Spanish power following the War of the Spanish Succession. Between 1713 and 1748 the Spain of Philip V was the single greatest threat to peace in ...
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This book considers the extraordinary revival of Spanish power following the War of the Spanish Succession. Between 1713 and 1748 the Spain of Philip V was the single greatest threat to peace in Europe. That threat was due in large part to Philip’s overhaul of Spain’s institutions, including its armed forces. At the same time, however, there was greater continuity with the Habsburg past than is usually acknowledged by historians. The book also questions the current preoccupations with the Atlantic world, emphasising Philip V’s ambitions–and success–in the Mediterranean, Italy and north Africa. The book further considers attitudes in Spain and Spanish Italy to Philip’s reconstruction of Spanish empire. Last, but by no means least, whereas most studies of the reign emphasise Philip’s domination by his second wife, Isabel Farnese, this book places greater stress on the input of the king himself.Less
This book considers the extraordinary revival of Spanish power following the War of the Spanish Succession. Between 1713 and 1748 the Spain of Philip V was the single greatest threat to peace in Europe. That threat was due in large part to Philip’s overhaul of Spain’s institutions, including its armed forces. At the same time, however, there was greater continuity with the Habsburg past than is usually acknowledged by historians. The book also questions the current preoccupations with the Atlantic world, emphasising Philip V’s ambitions–and success–in the Mediterranean, Italy and north Africa. The book further considers attitudes in Spain and Spanish Italy to Philip’s reconstruction of Spanish empire. Last, but by no means least, whereas most studies of the reign emphasise Philip’s domination by his second wife, Isabel Farnese, this book places greater stress on the input of the king himself.
Marva Griffin Carter
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195108910
- eISBN:
- 9780199865796
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195108910.003.0002
- Subject:
- Music, History, American
This chapter discusses William Mercer Cook as he grew from child to adolescent. It explains several important points in his life, from the death of his father, his journey with his mother, and the ...
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This chapter discusses William Mercer Cook as he grew from child to adolescent. It explains several important points in his life, from the death of his father, his journey with his mother, and the life that he had when he stayed with his relatives. It also narrates Will’s decision to pursue his latent desire to study music at Oberlin College. It adds that his artistic ability was undoubtedly inherited from his paternal grandfather, who once organized an orchestra in Detroit, wherein he played the violin and clarinet. It then explains that the violin was to become the instrument upon which Will would choose to express his musicality.Less
This chapter discusses William Mercer Cook as he grew from child to adolescent. It explains several important points in his life, from the death of his father, his journey with his mother, and the life that he had when he stayed with his relatives. It also narrates Will’s decision to pursue his latent desire to study music at Oberlin College. It adds that his artistic ability was undoubtedly inherited from his paternal grandfather, who once organized an orchestra in Detroit, wherein he played the violin and clarinet. It then explains that the violin was to become the instrument upon which Will would choose to express his musicality.
Bradley J. Birzer
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813166186
- eISBN:
- 9780813166643
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813166186.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
Chapter 2 considers Kirk’s five years (1942–1946) as a U.S. Army conscript serving in Utah and Florida and working with chemical weapons. During this time, Kirk discovered some form of the ...
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Chapter 2 considers Kirk’s five years (1942–1946) as a U.S. Army conscript serving in Utah and Florida and working with chemical weapons. During this time, Kirk discovered some form of the supernatural, but he also embraced Stoicism as well as the friendship of then-famous authors Isabel Paterson and Albert Jay Nock. Not surprisingly, the internment of Japanese Americans as well as the use of atomic weaponry on two Japanese cities had a dramatic and profound impact on Kirk’s mind and soul.Less
Chapter 2 considers Kirk’s five years (1942–1946) as a U.S. Army conscript serving in Utah and Florida and working with chemical weapons. During this time, Kirk discovered some form of the supernatural, but he also embraced Stoicism as well as the friendship of then-famous authors Isabel Paterson and Albert Jay Nock. Not surprisingly, the internment of Japanese Americans as well as the use of atomic weaponry on two Japanese cities had a dramatic and profound impact on Kirk’s mind and soul.
Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781683401476
- eISBN:
- 9781683402145
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9781683401476.003.0016
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
Isabel Galina is a researcher at the Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas, a research institute for bibliographic studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM. The university ...
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Isabel Galina is a researcher at the Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas, a research institute for bibliographic studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM. The university is also home to the Biblioteca Nacional, Mexico’s national library. Isabel Galina discusses the emergence of digital humanities and her views on how DH works within this particular structure and related issues to do with understanding national bibliographical collections in the digital age, in particular regarding e-legal deposit and digital preservation. She discusses the difficulties in identifying, selecting, and incorporating born-digital materials. In the interview, Isabel Galina also describes how she got involved in DH, the creation of the Red de Humanidades Digitales (RedHD), and other DH developments in Mexico and Latin America. Finally, the conversation examines university and government support for DH as well as a look at DH works in Mexico in collaboration with other countries, and in particular hosting the international Digital Humanities conference in Mexico City in 2018.Less
Isabel Galina is a researcher at the Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas, a research institute for bibliographic studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM. The university is also home to the Biblioteca Nacional, Mexico’s national library. Isabel Galina discusses the emergence of digital humanities and her views on how DH works within this particular structure and related issues to do with understanding national bibliographical collections in the digital age, in particular regarding e-legal deposit and digital preservation. She discusses the difficulties in identifying, selecting, and incorporating born-digital materials. In the interview, Isabel Galina also describes how she got involved in DH, the creation of the Red de Humanidades Digitales (RedHD), and other DH developments in Mexico and Latin America. Finally, the conversation examines university and government support for DH as well as a look at DH works in Mexico in collaboration with other countries, and in particular hosting the international Digital Humanities conference in Mexico City in 2018.
Monique-Adelle Callahan
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199743063
- eISBN:
- 9780199895021
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199743063.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature, Women's Literature
This chapter examines Auta de Souza’s poetry in the context of Brazilian slavery and abolition. Auta challenges the definitions of personal freedom to self-design, self-define, reconcile colonial ...
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This chapter examines Auta de Souza’s poetry in the context of Brazilian slavery and abolition. Auta challenges the definitions of personal freedom to self-design, self-define, reconcile colonial history with its history of slavery, and new, independent Brazilian nation. Auta’s use of symbolism addresses issues related to Brazilian nationhood as it tried to reconcile a recent history of racial slavery. She postulates a poetic space in which the rhetorical and political tensions of the nation interact intimately with the individual search for identity. Finally, this chapter argues that Auta’s reconfigurations of biblical tropes and her attention to the recurrent theme of freedom through the literary re-imagining of identity not only link her work to a national and transnational discourse about slavery and freedom, but also align her work with other afrodescendente writers like Frances Harper and Cristina Ayala.Less
This chapter examines Auta de Souza’s poetry in the context of Brazilian slavery and abolition. Auta challenges the definitions of personal freedom to self-design, self-define, reconcile colonial history with its history of slavery, and new, independent Brazilian nation. Auta’s use of symbolism addresses issues related to Brazilian nationhood as it tried to reconcile a recent history of racial slavery. She postulates a poetic space in which the rhetorical and political tensions of the nation interact intimately with the individual search for identity. Finally, this chapter argues that Auta’s reconfigurations of biblical tropes and her attention to the recurrent theme of freedom through the literary re-imagining of identity not only link her work to a national and transnational discourse about slavery and freedom, but also align her work with other afrodescendente writers like Frances Harper and Cristina Ayala.
Rachel Afi Quinn
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780252043819
- eISBN:
- 9780252052712
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252043819.003.0006
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
This chapter examines a 2013 Santo Domingo performance of Federico García Lorca’s play La Casa de Bernarda Alba by the Dominican theater collective Teatro Maleducadas and its manifestation online. ...
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This chapter examines a 2013 Santo Domingo performance of Federico García Lorca’s play La Casa de Bernarda Alba by the Dominican theater collective Teatro Maleducadas and its manifestation online. Dominican women’s bodies transform the meaning of this surrealist text and its staging, while hierarchies of color hold new significance for Dominican viewers that compliment Lorca’s vision for his script and its elements of the photographic. Not only do representations of Spanish womanhood in this performance resonate but also the matriarchal violence on display equally sustains patriarchal practices in Dominican society. Insights from members of the theater collective, including award-winning director Isabel Spencer, highlight the significance of the performance, Dominican women in the arts, and the ways that various collective members make claims on blackness and Afro-Caribbean identity.Less
This chapter examines a 2013 Santo Domingo performance of Federico García Lorca’s play La Casa de Bernarda Alba by the Dominican theater collective Teatro Maleducadas and its manifestation online. Dominican women’s bodies transform the meaning of this surrealist text and its staging, while hierarchies of color hold new significance for Dominican viewers that compliment Lorca’s vision for his script and its elements of the photographic. Not only do representations of Spanish womanhood in this performance resonate but also the matriarchal violence on display equally sustains patriarchal practices in Dominican society. Insights from members of the theater collective, including award-winning director Isabel Spencer, highlight the significance of the performance, Dominican women in the arts, and the ways that various collective members make claims on blackness and Afro-Caribbean identity.
Alan McPherson
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469653501
- eISBN:
- 9781469653525
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653501.003.0015
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter returns to how the diplomacy of US-Chilean relations is hostage to the Letelier case throughout the 1980s. The Ronald Reagan government is far less interested in pushing for justice, but ...
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This chapter returns to how the diplomacy of US-Chilean relations is hostage to the Letelier case throughout the 1980s. The Ronald Reagan government is far less interested in pushing for justice, but the Democratic-controlled Congress forces the executive to “certify” that Chile is making progress on the Letelier-Moffitt murders before the United States can normalize relations. US diplomats therefore turn against the Pinochet regime. Isabel Letelier and her four sons continue dealing with the fallout of the assassination.Less
This chapter returns to how the diplomacy of US-Chilean relations is hostage to the Letelier case throughout the 1980s. The Ronald Reagan government is far less interested in pushing for justice, but the Democratic-controlled Congress forces the executive to “certify” that Chile is making progress on the Letelier-Moffitt murders before the United States can normalize relations. US diplomats therefore turn against the Pinochet regime. Isabel Letelier and her four sons continue dealing with the fallout of the assassination.
Alan McPherson
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469653501
- eISBN:
- 9781469653525
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653501.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This introduction recounts the day’s events of the car bomb assassination of Orlando Letelier in Washington, DC on September 21, 1976. It focuses on the experiences of the surviving family members, ...
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This introduction recounts the day’s events of the car bomb assassination of Orlando Letelier in Washington, DC on September 21, 1976. It focuses on the experiences of the surviving family members, especially Michael Moffitt, who was in the car with his wife Ronni Moffitt but lived, and Orlando’s wife Isabel, who rushed to the hospital to find out that Orlando had already died. The story exposes the immediate suspicion that the families had that the Pinochet government was responsible. It also posits the book’s major question: will the families ever enjoy a full measure of justice?Less
This introduction recounts the day’s events of the car bomb assassination of Orlando Letelier in Washington, DC on September 21, 1976. It focuses on the experiences of the surviving family members, especially Michael Moffitt, who was in the car with his wife Ronni Moffitt but lived, and Orlando’s wife Isabel, who rushed to the hospital to find out that Orlando had already died. The story exposes the immediate suspicion that the families had that the Pinochet government was responsible. It also posits the book’s major question: will the families ever enjoy a full measure of justice?
Alan McPherson
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469653501
- eISBN:
- 9781469653525
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653501.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter focuses on the relationship between Isabel and Orlando Letelier before the military coup by Pinochet on September 11, 1973. They met as stdents, fell in love and into politics, and lived ...
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This chapter focuses on the relationship between Isabel and Orlando Letelier before the military coup by Pinochet on September 11, 1973. They met as stdents, fell in love and into politics, and lived in Washington for a decade when Orlando was ambassador. They also raised four boys who were bi-national in their culture. Right before the coup, Orlando returned to Chile as a minister for the socialist government of Salvador Allende. The chapter establishes the depth of the couple’s love, which is tested in later chapters.Less
This chapter focuses on the relationship between Isabel and Orlando Letelier before the military coup by Pinochet on September 11, 1973. They met as stdents, fell in love and into politics, and lived in Washington for a decade when Orlando was ambassador. They also raised four boys who were bi-national in their culture. Right before the coup, Orlando returned to Chile as a minister for the socialist government of Salvador Allende. The chapter establishes the depth of the couple’s love, which is tested in later chapters.
Alan McPherson
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469653501
- eISBN:
- 9781469653525
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653501.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter focuses on Isabel Letelier’s widowhood in the year or so after the assassination, in addition to the experiences of other friends and family members. Letelier and her four teenage boys ...
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This chapter focuses on Isabel Letelier’s widowhood in the year or so after the assassination, in addition to the experiences of other friends and family members. Letelier and her four teenage boys face daunting challenges of ostracism and destitution. She essentially replaces her husband at the Institute for Policy Studies and, with Michael Moffitt, pressures the Jimmy Carter administration to pursue the investigation into the Pinochet government. These non-state actors will end up having a significant impact on the case.Less
This chapter focuses on Isabel Letelier’s widowhood in the year or so after the assassination, in addition to the experiences of other friends and family members. Letelier and her four teenage boys face daunting challenges of ostracism and destitution. She essentially replaces her husband at the Institute for Policy Studies and, with Michael Moffitt, pressures the Jimmy Carter administration to pursue the investigation into the Pinochet government. These non-state actors will end up having a significant impact on the case.
Alan McPherson
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469653501
- eISBN:
- 9781469653525
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653501.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter narrates the fallout from the Townley trial and ends Part Two. Townley and his wife separate after he goes into witness protection. Isabel Letelier continues to seek justice while ...
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This chapter narrates the fallout from the Townley trial and ends Part Two. Townley and his wife separate after he goes into witness protection. Isabel Letelier continues to seek justice while Michael Moffitt, experiencing post-traumatic stress, largely retreats from the case. In civil courts, the families sue the Chilean government for monetary damages. They win at first and become “judgment creditors,” but their case is then reversed on appeal. Nevertheless, a precedent of compensation is set.Less
This chapter narrates the fallout from the Townley trial and ends Part Two. Townley and his wife separate after he goes into witness protection. Isabel Letelier continues to seek justice while Michael Moffitt, experiencing post-traumatic stress, largely retreats from the case. In civil courts, the families sue the Chilean government for monetary damages. They win at first and become “judgment creditors,” but their case is then reversed on appeal. Nevertheless, a precedent of compensation is set.
Alan McPherson
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469653501
- eISBN:
- 9781469653525
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653501.003.0017
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter once again focuses on Isabel Letelier and her activism in the case of her husband, taking the case through the end of the 1980s. With the repression in Chile easing, son Juan Pablo moves ...
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This chapter once again focuses on Isabel Letelier and her activism in the case of her husband, taking the case through the end of the 1980s. With the repression in Chile easing, son Juan Pablo moves there, and so does Isabel years later. As Chileans choose a new democratic government in 1989, the Leteliers and Moffitts see their case for compensation “espoused” by the US government and win a reparations decision worth millions.Less
This chapter once again focuses on Isabel Letelier and her activism in the case of her husband, taking the case through the end of the 1980s. With the repression in Chile easing, son Juan Pablo moves there, and so does Isabel years later. As Chileans choose a new democratic government in 1989, the Leteliers and Moffitts see their case for compensation “espoused” by the US government and win a reparations decision worth millions.
Alan McPherson
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781469653501
- eISBN:
- 9781469653525
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653501.003.0020
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This epilogue ties up loose ends by narrating the experiences of all the important participants in the Letelier case: Isabel Letelier and her sons have grown old and beloved; Michael Moffitt ...
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This epilogue ties up loose ends by narrating the experiences of all the important participants in the Letelier case: Isabel Letelier and her sons have grown old and beloved; Michael Moffitt remarried and prospered; investigators moved on and remained fond of the case they solved. Some Cuban-Americans served significant sentences, but all have remained popular in their communities. Manuel Contreras died in prison in 2015; Mariana Townley died penniless while her former husband, Michael Tonwley, remained in Witness Protection. Augusto Pinochet died while awaiting trial for human rights violations and can now be safely assessed as not only covering up the crime but ordering the assassination. The epilogue ends with thoughts on the importance of the case for democracy, human rights, the Cold War, and counterterrorism.Less
This epilogue ties up loose ends by narrating the experiences of all the important participants in the Letelier case: Isabel Letelier and her sons have grown old and beloved; Michael Moffitt remarried and prospered; investigators moved on and remained fond of the case they solved. Some Cuban-Americans served significant sentences, but all have remained popular in their communities. Manuel Contreras died in prison in 2015; Mariana Townley died penniless while her former husband, Michael Tonwley, remained in Witness Protection. Augusto Pinochet died while awaiting trial for human rights violations and can now be safely assessed as not only covering up the crime but ordering the assassination. The epilogue ends with thoughts on the importance of the case for democracy, human rights, the Cold War, and counterterrorism.
Geoffrey G. McCafferty and Sharisse D. McCafferty
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813033303
- eISBN:
- 9780813039350
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813033303.003.0007
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology
In agency-based archaeology, a theoretical trend fosters a great interest in how the human body serves as a venue for negotiating and expressing social identity. Archaeological evidence may thus be ...
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In agency-based archaeology, a theoretical trend fosters a great interest in how the human body serves as a venue for negotiating and expressing social identity. Archaeological evidence may thus be used as a means for deducing relevant information when adopting a diachronic point of view. Utilizing this approach proves to be effective in looking at the various aspects of body image from the Early Postclassic Sapoá phase site's material culture found in Santa Isabel, Nicaragua. The human body, according to Erica Reisher and Kathryn Koo's review article, served as an agent and as a symbol since it was recognized as a “conduit of social meaning.” A common symbol set is thus needed to decipher the meanings of a symbolic body. This chapter attempts to examine the various aspects of the “body beautiful” in skeletal remains, dress and adornment, and representational art.Less
In agency-based archaeology, a theoretical trend fosters a great interest in how the human body serves as a venue for negotiating and expressing social identity. Archaeological evidence may thus be used as a means for deducing relevant information when adopting a diachronic point of view. Utilizing this approach proves to be effective in looking at the various aspects of body image from the Early Postclassic Sapoá phase site's material culture found in Santa Isabel, Nicaragua. The human body, according to Erica Reisher and Kathryn Koo's review article, served as an agent and as a symbol since it was recognized as a “conduit of social meaning.” A common symbol set is thus needed to decipher the meanings of a symbolic body. This chapter attempts to examine the various aspects of the “body beautiful” in skeletal remains, dress and adornment, and representational art.
Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748624454
- eISBN:
- 9780748652242
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748624454.003.0010
- Subject:
- Literature, Women's Literature
This chapter examines the issue of transnational space in Isabel Allende's 1999 novel Daughter of Fortune, explaining that this novel engaged with a range of journeys across and between continents ...
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This chapter examines the issue of transnational space in Isabel Allende's 1999 novel Daughter of Fortune, explaining that this novel engaged with a range of journeys across and between continents and is as much defined by the initial transatlantic movements and later transpacific ones as it is by inter-American ones. It argues that the very joining together of disparate, global concerns in the novel offers a chance to explore how transatlantic literature opens out into other fields and does not remain static or identified solely through one spatial relationship.Less
This chapter examines the issue of transnational space in Isabel Allende's 1999 novel Daughter of Fortune, explaining that this novel engaged with a range of journeys across and between continents and is as much defined by the initial transatlantic movements and later transpacific ones as it is by inter-American ones. It argues that the very joining together of disparate, global concerns in the novel offers a chance to explore how transatlantic literature opens out into other fields and does not remain static or identified solely through one spatial relationship.
