Reunion

Finding the Disappeared Children of El Salvador

Elizabeth Barnert, Philippe Bourgois

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University of California Press
11 May 2023

Migration, immigration & emigration; Ethnic studies; Central government policies; Human rights; Civil rights & citizenship

This captivating ethnography reveals the immediate and persisting impact of forced family separations and the eventual reunifications in communities affected by El Salvador's civil war.

In 2005, medical student Elizabeth Barnert traveled to El Salvador to build a DNA bank for reuniting families forcibly separated during the Salvadoran civil war. Based on fifteen years of interviews and field notes, Reunion chronicles families' experiences with military attacks, child disappearances, and family separations, the joy of reunion and the arduous process of reintegration.

Barnert works alongside Jesuit priest and Pro-Búsqueda founder Father Jon Cortina, former rebel fighters, and reformed gang members. She meets an eight-year-old journeying north to reunite with her mother and a young woman returning to El Salvador twenty years after her adoption abroad. Reunion includes a foreword by renowned anthropologist Philippe Bourgois, along with his firsthand account of fleeing a Salvadoran military raid, and never-before-published photos and children's drawings from the war. Told through the voices of activists and survivors, this groundbreaking ethnography illuminates the cycles of poverty and violence driving immigration and ongoing separations around the world.

By: Elizabeth Barnert
Foreword by: Philippe Bourgois
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780520386150
ISBN 10: 0520386159
Pages: 370
Publication Date: 11 May 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Author’s Note Foreword: Historical Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity in El Salvador, by Philippe Bourgois Introduction Part 1 Pro-Búsqueda and the DNA Bank (Summer 2005) 1. Arriving 2. Guarjila with Father Jon 3. At the Nunnery 4. Guerrilleras 5. Morazán 6. Gunshots 7. Sonsonate with Ceci and Lucio 8. Fathers 9. Sonia’s Reunion 10. Carmen’s Reunion 11. Suchitoto with María Inés 12. Isabel and Gloria’s Reunion 13. Meeting Angela 14. Meeting Pedro 15. Sandrita and New Separations 16. La Esperanza 17. Coming Home Part 2 Fifty Interviews (Winter 2005–2006) 18. Father Jon’s Legacy 19. Back at Pro-Búsqueda 20. Pedro’s Testimony 21. El Norte Part 3 Angela’s Story (2006–2020) 22. Angela’s Phone Reunion 23. Return to El Salvador 24. Angela’s Reunion 25. Blanca and Ricardo 26. Remittance 27. Home to California with Angela 28. Berkeley Days Between 29. Angela’s El Salvador 30. Onward Afterword Acknowledgments Appendix A: Photo-Ethnographic Testimony of a Salvadoran Military Scorched-Earth Operation (November 1981) by Philippe Bourgois Appendix B: Refugee Children’s Drawings of the Salvadoran Civil War by Elizabeth Barnert and Philippe Bourgois Notes Index Contact Information

Elizabeth Barnert is a pediatrician and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research, grounded in human rights and social action, examines children affected by violence, family separation, and incarceration.

Reviews for Reunion: Finding the Disappeared Children of El Salvador

Barnert's compassionate approach to her interviews helps bring to the surface many complex feelings for her subjects and, hopefully, contributes to their healing. This book, beautifully written from the heart, is an essential tool for anyone interested in recent Latin America history. * Science * Barnert's book is moving, her dedication and connection to the work of Pro-Busqueda palpable. * Jacobin *