Tapestries of hope, threads of love
Subtitle: the arpillera movement in Chile, 1974-1994
By: Marjorie Agosín ; translated by Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman ; photographs by Emma Sepulveda and Ted Polumbaum.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Women in politics -- Chile -- Santiago; Disappeared persons -- Chile -- Santiago; Chile -- Politics and government -- 1973-
Description: "Arpilleras are burlap-backed tapestries depicting the experiences and emotions of women whose sons and husbands were arrested and never heard from again during the years of military rule. Agosin's narrative traces the arpillera movement from its early days under the promotion and protection of the Catholic Church's Vicaría de Solidaridad through the early 1990s, when newly reestablished civilian authorities decided not to more forcefully seek justice for victims of human rights abuses. The book includes 45 reproductions (on glossy plates), and the moving testimonies of a number of the arpilleristas themselves"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-142).