{"product_id":"reunion-elizabeth-barnert-9780520386150","title":"Reunion: Finding the Disappeared Children of El Salvador","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis captivating ethnography reveals the immediate and persisting impact of forced family separations and the eventual reunifications in communities affected by El Salvador's civil war.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2005, medical student Elizabeth Barnert traveled to El Salvador to build a DNA bank for reuniting families forcibly separated during the Salvadoran Civil War. Based on fifteen years of interviews and field notes, \u003ci\u003eReunion\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles families' experiences with military attacks, child disappearances, family separations, joyful reunions, and arduous processes of reintegration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Barnert worked alongside Jesuit priest and Pro-B俍queda founder Father Jon Cortina, former guerrilla fighters, and reformed gang members. Told through the voices of activists and survivors, the book accompanies young adult children seeking biological kin, including a young woman returning to El Salvador twenty years after her adoption abroad to meet her mother and brother. This groundbreaking ethnography illuminates the cycles of poverty and violence driving immigration and ongoing separations around the world. \u003ci\u003eReunion\u003c\/i\u003e includes a foreword by renowned anthropologist Philippe Bourgois and his firsthand account of fleeing a Salvadoran military \"scorched-earth\" operation, with never-before-published photos and children's drawings from the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll book royalties of \u003ci\u003eReunion \u003c\/i\u003ewill be donated by the author to Pro-B俍queda and related causes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Barnert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520386159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520386150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Elizabeth Barnert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056762286335,"sku":"9780520386150","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7866730e-651b-43e6-9aa9-5b8dfde0876d.jpg?v=1685043130","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reunion-elizabeth-barnert-9780520386150","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}