Children and the Afterlife of State Violence: Memories of Dictatorship (Memory Politics and Transitional Justice)

This book examines memories of political violence in Chile after the 1973 coup and a 17-years-long dictatorship. Based on individual and group interviews, it focuses on the second generation children, adults today, born to parents who were opponents of Pinochet ́s regime. Focusing on their lived experience, the intersection between private and public realms during Pinochet’s politics of fear regime, and the afterlife of violence in the post-dictatorship, the book is concerned with new dilemmas and perspectives that stem from the intergenerational transmission of political memories. It reflects critically on the role of family memories in the broader field of memory in Chile, demonstrating the dynamics of how later generations appropriate and inhabit their family political legacies. The book suggests how the second generation cultural memory redefines the concept of victimhood and propels society into a broader process of recognition. "Dedication"--"Contents" -- "Preface" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Chapter 1: When the Past Matters" -- " Introduction: Doña Agustinaâ#x80;#x99;s Son" -- "The Prelude to the Memory Division in Latin America" -- "Coming to Terms with the Dictatorship in Chile: The Transition (1990â#x80;#x93;2006)" -- "Beyond Transition: Memory and Its New Challenges" -- "Cultural Memory, Intergenerational Transmissions, and Postmemory Mediations: A Multicultural Dialogue" -- "Rethinking of Family Memory, Affects, and Memory Transmission" -- "On Fieldwork" -- "Structure and Contents" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 2: The Culture of Fear and Its Afterlife" -- " Introduction: Cultures of Fear in Latin America" -- "The Fear Tactic" -- "Passing on Fear to the Second Generation" -- "Luisâ#x80;#x99; Life Story" -- "The Poisoned Knowledge as a Rite of Passage" -- "Inhabiting Psychogeographies of Fear" -- "Keeping Secrets" -- "Changing Landscapes and Stubborn Memories" -- "Haunting Fears" -- "Fieldwork Catastrophic Fantasies" -- "Conclusions" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 3: Political Stigmas and Family Legacies" -- " Introduction" -- "Polluted Identities" -- "The Imaginary of the Other" -- "The Language of Salvation and the Imaginary of the Stain" -- "Introducing my Encounter with Marcela: Fieldwork Notes" -- "Marcelaâ#x80;#x99;s Life Story" -- "Troubled Remembering: Inheriting Political Stigmas" -- "Between Public Secrets and Silent Pasts" -- "The Ambivalence of Passing" -- "Dwelling in Family Histories" -- "Conclusions" -- "Notes" -- "Bibliography" -- "Chapter 4: Family Memory and the Intergenerational Remembering of Political Violence" -- " Introduction" -- "The Everyday Life Transmission of Family Political Memory" -- "Introducing Gabriel: His Family Story" -- "Remembering a Non-Past from Abroad" -- "Intergenerational Remembering." Front Matter....Pages i-xii When the Past Matters....Pages 1-36 The Culture of Fear and Its Afterlife....Pages 37-60 Political Stigmas and Family Legacies....Pages 61-87 Family Memory and the Intergenerational Remembering of Political Violence....Pages 89-116 Family Countermemories....Pages 117-148 Concluding Remarks....Pages 149-166 Back Matter....Pages 167-168 Daniela Jara. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.