Postmemories of Terror : A New Generation Copes with the Legacy of the "Dirty War" / by S. Kaiser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaiser, Susana, 1945-

Series:

Palgrave studies in oral history.

Palgrave studies in oral history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Latin America.

Ethnology.

Culture.

America--History.

America.

America--Politics and government.

Political science.

Latin American Culture.

History of the Americas.

American Politics.

Political Science.

Local Subjects:

Latin American Culture.

History of the Americas.

American Politics.

Political Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2005.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Postmemories of Terror focuses on how young Argentineans remember the traumatic events of the military dictatorship (1976-83). This fascinating work is based on oral histories with sixty-three young people who were too young to be directly victimized or politically active during this period. All were born during or after the terror and possessed an entirely mediated knowledge of it. Susana Kaiser explores how the post-dictatorship generation was reconstructing this past from three main sources: inter-generational dialogue, education and the communication media. These conversations discuss selected and recurrent themes like societal fears and silences, remembering and forgetting, historical explanations and accountability. Together they contribute to our understanding of how communities deal with the legacy of terror.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-231) and index.

ISBN:

9786611368388

9781281368386

1281368385

9781403977182

1403977186

9781403980229

1403980225

OCLC:

560538177