Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile, 1974-1994

Agosin, Marjorie

ISBN 10: 0826316913 / ISBN 13: 9780826316912

Edité par Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1996

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Fine in a Near Fine jacket. 1st Printing. Inscribed by Agosin. 142pp Square 8vo. Chile.

N° de réf. du vendeur 158160

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love: The Arpillera Movement in Chile, 1974-1994
• Éditeur: Univ of New Mexico Pr
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0826316913
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780826316912
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Signé: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Latin America

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Synopsis

This book tells the story of ordinary women living in terror and extreme poverty under General Pinochet's oppressive rule in Chile (1973--1989) and how their lives did and did not change following his reign. These women defied the military dictatorship by embroidering their sorrow on scraps of cloth, using needles and thread as one of the boldest means of popular protest and resistance in Latin America. The arpilleras they made -- patchwork tapestries with scenes of everyday life and memorials to their disappeared relatives -- were smuggled out of Chile and brought to the world the story of their fruitless searches in jails, morgues, government offices, and the tribunals of law for their husbands, brothers, and sons. Marjorie Agosin, herself a native of and exile from Chile, has spent over twenty years interviewing the arpilleristas and following their work. She knows their stories intimately and knows, too, that not one of them has ever found a disappeared relative alive. Still, many of them maintain hope and continue to make their arpilleras. Includes a history of the women's movement, testimonies from the women in their own words, and, for the first time, full-color plates of their beautiful, moving, and ultimately hopeful arpilleras. Anyone interested in the history of contemporary Latin America will want to read this powerful story.<