Violence as Communication: The Revolt of La Ascensión, Chihuahua (1892)

Hernandez, Jose Angel

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Violence as Communication: The Revolt of La Ascensión, Chihuahua (1892)

dc.contributor.author	Hernandez, Jose Angel
dc.contributor.department	University of Massachusetts - Amherst
dc.date	2023-09-23T03:11:11.000
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-26T18:05:40Z
dc.date.available	2011-02-08T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued	2012-03-09
dc.description.abstract	When examining “The Revolt of La Ascensión, 1892” past historiographical interpretations serve as examples of the theoretical traps that are succumbed to when employing modes of analysis that are inappropriate for studying this particular repatriate colony. The trope that is read throughout these historiographical examples is evident because they share the notion that this event can be termed pre-political and primitive. It will become patently clear that terms such as “pre-political,” “primitive,” and “unorganized” are outdated and require alternative methods of postcolonial analysis. As way to contradict and compliment this scant literature, the following examines the revolt of La Ascensión in 1892 by analyzing heretofore unexamined regional and federal archives that discuss this event in some detail. After glossing over the details of this event and the brutal killing of three government officials in this repatriate colony, I proceed to examine the state’s efforts at quelling this rebellion and their attempt to capture and extradite those rebels that migrated back to the US with the argument that they were not Mexican citizens, but American citizens that earlier migrated to the colony after an election riot twenty years earlier. Research in regional archives, more importantly, provide for a closer reading of the material, particularly coroner’s reports that detail the various ways in which the victims were tortured and executed. Given the historical background that led to these events, I suggest that the violent events of this particular revolt can be read as expressions of frustration, anger, and therefore constitute a form of communication.
dc.description.sponsorship	Various parts of this essay were presented at the following workshops and conferences for their thoughts, suggestions, and critiques are greatly appreciated: XIII Reunión de Historiadores de México, Estados Unidos y Canadá; The Five College Faculty History Seminar at Amherst College (2008); The National Association for Chicana & Chicano Studies Conference (2006); The Annual Mellon Conference on Latin American History at Yale University (2006); The Social Science Association (2006); and The Latin American History Workshop at The University of Chicago (2006). At various stages of writing and research, John Flores (Case Western Reserve), Pablo Ben (SDSU), Emilio Kouri (Chicago), Friedrich Katz (Chicago), Ramon Solorzano (UMASS), Claudio Lomnitz (Columbia), and especially Jaime Pensado (Notre Dame), provided invaluable feedback, critiques, and suggestions. I have tried my best to incorporate these particularities, however, all mistakes are my own.
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dc.identifier.doi	10.7275/R52Z13F8
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.7275/R52Z13F8
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/32600
dc.relation.url	https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=lov&unstamped=1
dc.rights	Jose Angel Hernandez
dc.source.status	published
dc.subject	Interpersonal Violence Institutional Violence
dc.subject	Mexico
dc.subject	Chihuahua
dc.subject	Linchamiento
dc.subject	Repatriate Colony
dc.title	Violence as Communication: The Revolt of La Ascensión, Chihuahua (1892)
dc.title.alternative	Violence as Communication: The Revolt of La Ascensión, Chihuahua (1892)
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