What is it about?
Por el cielo y más allá invites the reader to reflect upon populist discourses paving the way for discrimination and marginalization; especially those aimed at a different gender, ethnic group, national origin or even an academic sub-specialty. Those who were persecuted in the past are now the ones harassing, and use the ambiguity of words as their tool. Words, in turn, enslave but also help set the others free. The memories of those marginalized are perpetuated through education, letters, poems and songs. They oppose the official discourse and invite the reader to avoid monolithic discourses and embrace tolerance and diversity.
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In a world in which people can believe that injecting themselves with Lysol or bleach can help them fight a coronavirus, education is more needed than ever
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This page is a summary of: Educación, escritura y memoria: las armas de la alteridad frente al discurso oficial y la desmemoria en "Por el cielo y más allá", The Coastal Review, January 2017, Georgia Southern University,
DOI: 10.20429/cr.2017.000104.
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