Fragile memory, shifting impunity : commemoration and contestation in post-dictatorship Argentina and Uruguay /

Fragile memory, shifting impunity : commemoration and contestation in post-dictatorship Argentina and Uruguay /

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Author / Creator:	Levey, Cara, author.
Imprint:	Oxford : Peter Lang, [2016] ©2016
Description:	xi, 295 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cultural memories ; vol. 3 Cultural memories ; vol. 3.
Subject:	Human rights. Impunity. Memorials -- Social aspects. Memory -- Political aspects. Politics and government. Memory -- Political aspects -- Argentina. Memory -- Political aspects -- Uruguay. Impunity -- Argentina. Impunity -- Uruguay. Memorials -- Social aspects -- Argentina. Memorials -- Social aspects -- Uruguay. Human rights -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century. Human rights -- Uruguay -- History -- 20th century. Argentina -- Politics and government -- 1983-2002. Uruguay -- Politics and government -- 1985- Argentina. Uruguay. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10819206

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ISBN:	9783034309875 3034309872
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Fragile Memory, Shifting Impunity is an interdisciplinary study of commemorative sites related to human rights violations committed primarily during dictatorial rule in Argentina (1976-1983) and Uruguay (1973-1985). Taking as a departure point the 'politics of memory'--a term that acknowledges memory's propensity for engagement beyond the cultural sphere--this study shifts the focus away from the exclusively aesthetic and architectural readings of marches, memorials and monuments to instead analyse their emergence and transformation in post-dictatorial Argentina and Uruguay. This book incorporates the role of state and societal actors and conflicts underpinning commemorative processes into its analysis, reading the sites within shifting contexts of impunity to explore their relationship to memory, truth seeking and justice in the long aftermath of dictatorship"--Provided by publisher.

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Summary:	Fragile Memory, Shifting Impunity is an interdisciplinary study of commemorative sites related to human rights violations committed primarily during dictatorial rule in Argentina (1976-1983) and Uruguay (1973-1985). Taking as a departure point the 'politics of memory' - a term that acknowledges memory's propensity for engagement beyond the cultural sphere - this study shifts the focus away from exclusively aesthetic and architectural readings of marches, memorials and monuments to instead analyse their emergence and transformation in post-dictatorship Argentina and Uruguay. This book incorporates the role of state and societal actors and conflicts underpinning commemorative processes into its analysis, reading the sites within shifting contexts of impunity to explore their relationship to memory, truth seeking and justice in the long aftermath of dictatorship.
Physical Description:	xi, 295 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9783034309875 3034309872