Title: The post-dictatorship generation in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay
Description: "Southern Cone post-dictatorship generations reshape the collective memory of the dictatorial past through political activism and forms of artistic expression (cinema, literature, comics and photography). The author situates their work at the intersection of the individual and the collective: it is enabled by changes in the political context and can have a profound impact on the collective level. At the same time, these projects help artists and activists work through traumatic events individually. The first part of the book focuses on Argentina, where this generation's public interventions have broadened social involvement in remembering the past and encouraged learning from it for the sake of the present. In the second part, the author compares the exemplary achievements in Argentina with Chile and Uruguay, where political conditions are less conducive to genuine debate. "--
Subjects: Collective memory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, History, Memory, Argentina, history, Chile, history, Uruguay, history, Film history, theory & criticism, Graphic novel & comic books: guides & reviews, History of the Americas, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Photography & photographs, Political control & freedoms, Politics and Government
Places: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
Time periods: 1973-1988, Dirty War, 1976-1983, 1973-1985