Battling for hearts and minds : memory struggles in Pinochet's Chile, 1973-1988 / Steve J. Stern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stern, Steve J., 1951-

Series:

Stern, Steve J., 1951- Memory box of Pinochet's Chile ; bk. 2.

Latin America otherwise

The memory box of Pinochet's Chile ; bk. 2

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Latin America otherwise.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective memory--Chile.

Collective memory.

Memory.

Chile--History--1973-1988.

Chile.

Chile--History--Coup d'etat, 1973--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (572 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The story of the dramatic struggle to define collective memory in Chile during the violent, repressive dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

Contents:

Chronicling a coup foretold? previews of the impossible

Saving "Chileans of well-placed heart," 1973-1976

Witnessing and awakening Chile : testimonial truth and struggle, 1973-1977

Road to oblivion? crisis and institutionalization, 1977-1982

Digging in : counterofficial Chile, 1979-1982

Building the memory box : foundational years

Great shakings : memory war in the streets, 1983-1986

Time travel : memory war in media and politics, 1983-1986

"Did you forget me?" the unexpected faces of Chile, 1987-1988

Memory as mass experience : struggles for control.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-484) and index.

ISBN:

9780822388548

0822388545

OCLC:

245538716