Postmemories of terror
Subtitle: a new generation copes with the legacy of the "Dirty War"
By: by Susana Kaiser.
Series: Palgrave studies in oral history
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: State-sponsored terrorism -- Argentina -- Psychological aspects; Memory -- Social aspects -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area -- History -- 20th century; Youth -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area -- Attitudes; Youth -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area -- Interviews; Public opinion -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area; Argentina -- History -- Dirty War, 1976-1983 -- Influence; Argentina -- History -- Dirty War, 1976-1983 -- Public opinion
Description: Postmemories of Terror focuses on how young Argentineans remember the traumatic events of the military dictatorship (1976-83). This fascinating work is based on oral histories with sixty-three young people who were too young to be directly victimized or politically active during this period. All were born during or after the terror and possessed an entirely mediated knowledge of it. Susana Kaiser explores how the post-dictatorship generation was reconstructing this past from three main sources: inter-generational dialogue, education and the communication media. These conversations discuss selected and recurrent themes like societal fears and silences, remembering and forgetting, historical explanations and accountability. Together they contribute to our understanding of how communities deal with the legacy of terror.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.