Scars
Abstract
Chapter 4 looks at the visible marks and material traces that emerged in the Coatlinchan stone’s wake, especially in the ravine that once contained it. As “aftershocks,” these traces replicate and amplify the stone’s absence, acting on and affecting town residents’ daily life and experiences. These scars mark Coatlinchan’s landscape in tangible ways as they also bind town residents to each other and to territory. They serve as both painful reminders of past violence and temporally open-ended processes of reproduction, regeneration, and healing.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Memory
violence
and history
Trauma
and Commemoration
History
Identity
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Duke University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 119–146
- Publication date
- 9 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter