State repression and the labors of memory /

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Hearing the news from South America at the turn of the millennium can be like traveling in time: here are the trials of Pinochet, the searches for "the disappeared" in Argentina, the investigation of the death of former president Goulart in Brazil, the Peace Commission in Uruguay, the Arch...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jelin, Elizabeth, 1941- (Author)
Other Authors: Rein, Judy (Translator), Godoy-Anativia, Marcial (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
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Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : University of Minnesota Press, ©2003.
Series:Contradictions (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; 18.
Subjects:
Political persecution > South America.
Victims of state-sponsored terrorism > South America.
Memory > Social aspects > South America.
Memory > Political aspects > South America.
Memory (Philosophy)
Répression politique > Amérique du Sud.
Victimes du terrorisme d'État > Amérique du Sud.
Mémoire > Aspect social > Amérique du Sud.
Mémoire > Aspect politique > Amérique du Sud.
Mémoire (Philosophie)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
HISTORY > Historiography.
Memory > Political aspects
Memory > Social aspects
Political persecution
Victims of state-sponsored terrorism
South America
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Memory in the contemporary world
  • What memories are we talking about?
  • Political struggles for memory
  • History and social memory
  • Trauma, testimony, and "truth"
  • Engendered memories
  • Transmissions, legacies, lessons
  • Appendix: A chronology of political violence and human rights movements.

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