Textures of Terror: The Murder of Claudina Isabel Velasquez and Her Father's Quest for Justice

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Victoria Sanford

Textures of Terror

The Murder of Claudina Isabel Velasquez and Her Father's Quest for Justice

Victoria Sanford

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University of California Press
07 July 2023

True crime; Migration, immigration & emigration; Ethnic studies; Anthropology; Crime & criminology

Series: California Series in Public Anthropology

Investigating the unsolved murder of a female law student and the pervasive violence against Guatemalan women that drives migration.

Part memoir and part forensic investigation, Textures of Terror is a gripping first-person story of women, violence, and migration out of Guatemala—and how the United States is implicated. Accompanying Jorge Velásquez in a years-long search for answers after the brutal murder of his daughter Claudina Isabel, Victoria Sanford explores what it means to seek justice in ""postconflict"" countries where violence never ended.

Through this father's determined struggle and other stories of justice denied, Textures of Terror offers a deeper understanding of US policies in Latin America and their ripple effect on migration. Sanford offers an up-close appraisal of the inner workings of the Guatemalan criminal justice system and how it maintains inequality, patriarchy, and impunity. Presenting the stories of other women who have suffered at the hands of strangers, intimate partners, and the security forces, this work reveals the deeply gendered nature of power and violence in Guatemala.

By: Victoria Sanford
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 55
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780520393455
ISBN 10: 0520393457
Series: California Series in Public Anthropology
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 07 July 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Acknowledgments List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Dramatis Personae Introduction 1 The Night Claudina Isabel Did Not Come Home 2 Esperanza’s Story: Sold at 12 3 Cycles of Violence 4 #TengoMiedo (#IAmAfraid) 5 Paradise for Killers 6 Marked Women 7 Bittersweet Justice Notes References Index

Victoria Sanford is a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow and Professor of Anthropology, City University of New York. She has given expert testimony on the Guatemalan genocide in international courts and authored seven books, including Buried Secrets: Truth and Human Rights in Guatemala.

Reviews for Textures of Terror: The Murder of Claudina Isabel Velasquez and Her Father's Quest for Justice

"""A scathing critique of a dysfunctional justice system, the willful incompetence of those charged with upholding women’s rights and a cast of institutional actors who seem hostile to the very idea of justice."" * ReVista * ""Sanford has woven Textures of Terror into a testimonio that draws on the emotional power of the stories she witnessed to demand a response to the larger tragedy of feminicide in Guatemala, and the ongoing refusal or impossibility of the government to address it."" * NACLA * ""In spite of the dark and heavy issues addressed in Textures of Terror: The Murder of Claudina Isabel Velásquez and Her Father’s Quest for Justice, the book is both engaging and accessible. . . .The insights from Claudina Velásquez’s murder, Jorge Velásquez’s pursuit of justice, and the book’s analysis of the historical and contemporary contexts, can add critical new emphasis for conflict resolution, human rights advocacy, and ethnographic research."" * Journal of International Affairs *"