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The Struggle for Memory in Latin America

Recent History and Political Violence

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Editors:
  1. Eugenia Allier-Montaño
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  2. Emilio Crenzel
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  • Provides insight into the nature of the processes of political violence experienced by Latin America in the second half of the twentieth century
  • Enables a continent-wide historicization of the struggles over the memory of these pasts
  • Offers a continental perspective of struggles over memory in the political processes that marked the lives of the countries of Latin America

Part of the book series: Memory Politics and Transitional Justice (MPTJ)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Emilio Crenzel, Eugenia Allier-Montaño
      Pages 1-12

  3. Dictatorships and Authoritarian Regimes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Toward a History of the Memory of Political Violence and the Disappeared in Argentina

      • Emilio Crenzel
      Pages 15-33

    3. “As an Unhealed Wound”: Memory and Justice in Post-Dictatorship Uruguay

      • Eugenia Allier-Montaño, Camilo Vicente Ovalle
      Pages 35-52

    4. Memory Policies in Chile, 1973–2010

      • Claudio Javier Barrientos
      Pages 53-70

    5. The Skirmish of Memories and Political Violence in Dictatorial Brazil

      • Samantha Viz Quadrat
      Pages 71-89

    6. The Legacy of Authoritarianism and the Construction of Historical Memory in Post-Stroessner Paraguay

      • Luis Roniger, Leonardo Senkman, María Antonia Sánchez
      Pages 91-108

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 223-260
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This book examines the struggles that unfolded in Latin America over the memory of the pasts of political violence experienced by the countries of the continent in the second half of the twentieth century: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

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“This new book brings together a distinguished group of Latin American experts, historians and sociologists either based in Latin America or with sound field experience. … This overall remarkable volume is highly recommended and will be vital to scholars and students interested in thick descriptions of national memory struggles in Latin America. … This edited volume will be of particular interest to readers seeking a deeper understanding of the diverse political groups competing over memory struggles.” (Nina Schneider, Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 97 (4), November, 2017)

About the authors

Eugenia Allier-Montaño is full-time Researcher at the Institute for Social Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She obtained her PhD in History at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France. She is the author of Batallas de la memoria. Los usos políticos del pasado reciente en Uruguay (2010).

Emilio Crenzel is full-time Researcher at the National Council of Scientific Research (CONICET), Argentina, Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Researcher at the Gino Germani Research Institute, Argentina. He is author of Memory of the Argentina Disappearances: The Political History of Nunca Más (2011).

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