Citizens of Memory: Affect, Representation, and Human Rights in Postdictatorship Argentina - Couverture souple

Livre 15 sur 25: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory

Tandeciarz, Silvia R.

 
9781684485833: Citizens of Memory: Affect, Representation, and Human Rights in Postdictatorship Argentina

Synopsis

Citizens of Memory explores efforts at recollection in post-dictatorship Argentina and the hoped-for futures they set in motion. The sites, images, narratives, and practices it analyzes address the dark years of state repression (1976-1983) while engaging ongoing debates about how this traumatic past should be transmitted to future generations. This insightful study approaches cultural recall via two theoretical principles—the first understands memory as a social construct that is as much about the past as it is of the present, and the second observes that what distinguishes memory from history is affect. Understanding recollection and storytelling as practices that can help constitute communities of belonging, Tandeciarz suggests that by inciting deep reflection and an active engagement with the legacies of state violence, interventions like those studied here may advance transitional justice and contribute to the construction of less violent futures. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l?auteur

SILVIA R. TANDECIARZ is a chancellor professor of modern languages and literatures and vice dean for social sciences and interdisciplinary studies at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781611488456: Citizens of Memory: Affect, Representation, and Human Rights in Postdictatorship Argentina

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1611488451 ISBN 13 :  9781611488456
Editeur : Bucknell University Press, 2017
Couverture rigide