Political Symbols and National Identity in Timor-Leste

@inproceedings{Arthur2018PoliticalSA,
  title={Political Symbols and National Identity in Timor-Leste},
  author={Catherine E. Arthur},
  year={2018}
}
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Introduction

This introductory chapter considers the diverse ways in which dead influence the living in the new nation-state of Timor-Leste. We argue that experiences of acute suffering, loss, dislocation, and…

2 Remembering the Martyrs of National Liberation in Timor-Leste

  • M. Leach
  • Sociology
    The Dead as Ancestors, Martyrs, and Heroes in Timor-Leste
  • 2020
This chapter examines the way martyrs of the independence struggle are remembered in the independent nation of Timor-Leste. It examines the changing nature of definitions of martyrdom during the…

On the Politics of Memory

  • R. Feijó
  • Sociology
    The Dead as Ancestors, Martyrs, and Heroes in Timor-Leste
  • 2020
Afonso Savio and Commander Falu Cai were active members of the Resistance. Their respective deaths took place in times of extreme hardship, surrounded by controversy regarding circumstances and…

Gathering the Dead, Imagining the State?

This chapter focuses on the phenomenon of ‘commissions’ for the recovery of human remains that have proliferated across Timor-Leste. I argue that the commissions’ practices constitute forms of…

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