Reimagining National Belonging: Post-Civil War El Salvador in a Global Context

Acknowledgments

vii This book is years in the making. It is the product of many visits to El Salvador. I gratefully acknowledge financial support from the Fulbright IIE, Social Science Research Council, Ford Foundation, and the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. My years of research in El Salvador offer me the privilege of having strong relationships with many key people there. This research would not be the same without the participation of these valiant citizens who shared their concern about El Salvador and who see attention to questions of culture, history, and nation paramount to advancing society’s well-being. It is not possible to name everyone in El Salvador who contributed to this research over the years. Special gratitude, however, goes to Consuelo Roque, Carlos Gregorio Lopez-Bernal, Carlos Lara Martínez, Gregorio Bello Suazo, Ramon Rivas, Georgina Hernandez-Rivas, Carlos Henríquez Consalvi, Rita Araujo, Santos Zetino, Juliana Ama de Chile, Fidel Flores, Miguel Angel Amaya, and Daniel Flores y Ascencio. The family Bonilla always provided a home away from home and I thank Roxana, Manuel , and Paulette for their big hearts and unwavering support. The Barahona family offered precious support, and I especially thank Don Luis Alonso, Tatiana, Eduardo, Valerie, Jonathan, and young Eduardo. Mil gracias to Monica Barahona. Visits to Tio Santiago in San Sebastian were always full of poetry and grace. During the writing of this book we lost Maria Melendez de Barahona, respected mother and grandmother. I cherish her memory. Acknowledgments viii acknowledgments Among the colleagues in the United States who have supported this journey and who have influenced my thinking, I recognize foremost my mentors Nelson Graburn and Rosemary Joyce. Aihwa Ong and Beatriz Manz guided the early stages of this project. I am thankful for Yuko Okubo, Kathryn Mathers, Amy Lonetree, Krisjon Olson, Renata Marsden, Beverly Davenport, Jessica Theissen, Nancy Postero, Mariane Ferme, Ellen Moodie, Brandt Peterson, Ana Maria Alonso, Jeffrey Gould, Aldo Lauria Santiago, Jonathan Fox, Erik Ching, Beatriz Cortez, Douglas Carranza, Susan Bibler Coutin, and Cecilia Rivas. Colleagues at the University of California , Merced, who have been generous with time and attention include Simón Weffer, Cristián Ricci, Ignacio Lopez-Calvo, Manuel Martin-Rodriguez, Virginia Adan-Lifante, Paul Almeida, Kathleen Hull, Linda-Anne Rebhun, and Jan Goggans. A 2010 book workshop at the University of California, Santa Barbara, provided valuable feedback that helped me to polish my final manuscript. I thank George Lipsitz, Clyde Woods (rest in peace), Douglas Daniels, Esther Lezra, Claudine Michel, Felice Blake, Tomas Avila-Carrasco, Heidi Hoechst, Steven Osuna, Jonathan Gomez, Alison Jefferson, Jordan Camp, Christine Heatherton, and Ingrid Banks for their generosity of time and excellent feedback. My fellow board members of Three Nations Indian Circle sustained me along this journey, and I thank Guillermo Vasquez, David Escobar, Roberto Alfaro, Vanessa Yava, Concha Saucedo, Lorena Montoya, and Atzintli Mazatl. Two anonymous reviewers provided valuable feedback that made the book stronger. Don Myers performed quality control by reviewing the final manuscript. I praise his scrupulous attention to detail and his dedication to helping me tell this story in a clear style that I hope will attract many readers. Finally, I could not have completed this book without the love and support of my family, Sebastian Barahona, Reynaldo Barahona, Natalia Barahona, Nancy DeLugan, Linda Moriarty, Rande White and family, Loretta de Porceri, Michele Myers, Phoebe Ackley, Carmen Foghorn, Dixie Padello, Olga Stornaiuolo, Maria Zandstra, Alice Goss, Jim Goss, Rosalea King, and others who know that although they are not mentioned by name, they are no less appreciated. I thank them for motivating me to succeed. Reimagining National Belonging ...