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... past that is everlasting and does not wish to pass: the comings and goings of Pinochet's deten- tion in London and Santiago, and his subsequent indictment (and ac- quittal on the basis of senility and mental health deficiencies) for ...
... past that is everlasting and does not wish to pass: the comings and goings of Pinochet's deten- tion in London and Santiago, and his subsequent indictment (and ac- quittal on the basis of senility and mental health deficiencies) for ...
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... past that goes back several decades. These news items are returning to the front pages after several years of institutional silence and (ap- parently unsuccessful) efforts to construct a democratic future without looking at the past ...
... past that goes back several decades. These news items are returning to the front pages after several years of institutional silence and (ap- parently unsuccessful) efforts to construct a democratic future without looking at the past ...
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... past and its legacies. This book seeks to contribute some tools to think about and ana- lyze the presences, silences, and meanings of the past. I will do this on different planes and levels—the political and the cultural ones, the sym ...
... past and its legacies. This book seeks to contribute some tools to think about and ana- lyze the presences, silences, and meanings of the past. I will do this on different planes and levels—the political and the cultural ones, the sym ...
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... past. Nor is there a presentation of the centrality of ethnicity in spe- cific historic processes of violence and repression (such as in Peru or Guatemala). This is a fertile direction of research for colleagues who are better versed in ...
... past. Nor is there a presentation of the centrality of ethnicity in spe- cific historic processes of violence and repression (such as in Peru or Guatemala). This is a fertile direction of research for colleagues who are better versed in ...
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... past. Others emphasize the ways that inequality and the mechanisms of domination in the present both reproduce and evoke the past. The recent dictatorial past is, none- theless, a central part of the present. Social and political ...
... past. Others emphasize the ways that inequality and the mechanisms of domination in the present both reproduce and evoke the past. The recent dictatorial past is, none- theless, a central part of the present. Social and political ...
Contents
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2 What Memories Are We Talking About? | 8 |
3 Political Struggles for Memory | 26 |
4 History and Social Memory | 46 |
5 Trauma Testimony and Truth | 60 |
6 Engendered Memories | 76 |
7 Transmissions Legacies Lessons | 89 |
Conclusion | 103 |
A Chronology of Political Violence and Human Rights Movements | 107 |
Notes | 135 |
Works Cited | 149 |
Index | 157 |
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State Repression and the Labors of Memory Elizabeth Jelin,Judy Rein,Marcial Godoy-Anativia No preview available - 2003 |
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