The Struggle for Memory in Latin America

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

4. Wars and Authoritarian Regimes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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   2. The Truth Ten Years On: The CVR in Peru

      • Cynthia E. Milton

      Pages 111-128

   3. “From Conspiracy to Struggle for Democracy: A Historicization of the Political Memories of the Mexican ’68”

      • Eugenia Allier-Montaño

      Pages 129-146

   4. The Commissions for the Study of Violence in Colombia: An Analysis of the Official Devices and Narratives of the Past and Present of Violence

      • Jefferson Jaramillo Marín

      Pages 147-163

   5. The Limits of Peace in the Case of El Salvador: Memories in Conflict and Permanent Victims

      • Eduardo Rey Tristán, Alberto Martín Álvarez, Jorge Juárez Ávila

      Pages 165-181

   6. The Naturalization of Peace and War: The Hegemonic Discourses on the Political Violence in Guatemala

      • Julieta Rostica

      Pages 183-200

5. Writings on Recent History

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

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   2. “It Is Not a Part of American History That We Are Proud of.” Declassification Projects in the United States (1993–2002)

      • Benedetta Calandra

      Pages 203-221

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.

• Social Memory
• Recent History
• Latin America
• Political Violence
• conflict
• democracy
• dictatorship
• political violence
• violence
• war
• latin american politics

“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)

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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