Where memory dwells : culture and state violence in Chile / [electronic resource]
Gómez-Barris, Macarena,1970-
Gâomez-Barris, MacarenaAuthor
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
2009.
Chilean efforts to come to terms with the horrors of the Pinochet regime have resulted in an outpouring of fiction, art, film and drama. This ethnography examines cultural sites and representations in post-dictatorship Chile, what the author calls 'memory symbolics', to uncover the impact of state-sponsored violence.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-202) and index.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Chilean efforts to come to terms with the horrors of the Pinochet regime have resulted in an outpouring of fiction, art, film and drama. This ethnography examines cultural sites and representations in post-dictatorship Chile, what the author calls 'memory symbolics', to uncover the impact of state-sponsored violence.
Description based on print version record.
Collective memory
Art
Collective memory
Art
Regions & Countries - Americas
History & Archaeology
Latin America