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Confronting the 'Dirty War' in Argentine cinema, 1983-1993 : memory and gender in historical representations /

The systematic illegal persecution and annihilation of political opponents of the 1979-1983 Argentine military dictatorship, commonly known today as the "Dirty War", became one of the main themes of the nation's cinema after the regime's fall. In this stu

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burucúa, Constanza
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Tamesis, 2009.
Series:Colección Támesis. Monografías ; 271.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. In focus: on film and history, national cinema and mourning work
  • 2. Revisiting Third Cinema: its legacy and derivations in Argentine national cinema
  • 3. Remnants of the Dirty War: on the 'policial', the political thriller and the paramilitary thriller
  • 4. Gendering history: the Dirty War in women's cinema
  • 5. Metaphoric representations of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship
  • Conclusion.