The Memory of State Terrorism in the Southern Cone : Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay

Through Various Lenses And Theoretical Approaches, This Book Explores The Contested Experiences, Meanings, Realms, Goals, And Challenges Associated With The Construction, Preservation, And Transmission Of The Memories Of State Repression In Argentina, Chile, And Uruguay. The Book Both Illuminates And Questions The Politics Of Memory That Have Been Unfolding In These Countries Over The Past Three Decades. It Is One Of Few Volumes Written In English To Be Dedicated Specifically To The Study Of The Memory Of State Terrorism In The Southern Cone. Its Contributors, Both Recognized And Emerging Scholars, Come From Europe, The United States, And Latin America. Introduction: Present Pasts : Memory(ies) Of State Terrorism In The Southern Cone Of Latin America / Emilio Crenzel -- The Slogan Complete Memory : A Reactive (re)-signification Of The Memory Of The Disappeared In Argentina / Valentina Salvi -- Queering Acts Of Mourning In The Aftermath Of Argentina's Dictatorship : The Mothers Of Plaza De Mayo And Los Rubios / Cecilia Sosa -- Justice And Its Remainders : Diamela Eltit's Puño Y Letra / Michael J. Lazzara -- Chile : Dilemmas Of Memory / Elizabeth Lira -- The Traces Of Postmemory In Second-generation Chilean And Argentinian Identities / Alejandra Serpente -- Private Transmissions Of Traumatic Memories Of The Disappeared In The Context Of Transitional Politics Of Oblivion In Uruguay (1973-2001) : Pedagogies Of Horror Among Uruguayan Families / Gabriela Fried Amilivia -- No Hay Que Tener Los Ojos En La Nuca : The Memory Of Violence In Uruguay, 1973-2010 / Francesca Lessa -- Afterword: The Politics Of Memory In The Long Present Of The Southern Cone / Vikki Bell. Edited By Francesca Lessa And Vincent Druliolle. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Foreword - Francesca Lessa and Vincent Druliolle * Introduction - Present Pasts: Memory(es) of State Terrorism in the Southern Cone of Latin America - Emilio Crenzel * Remembering and its places in post-dictatorship Argentina - Vincent Druliolle * The slogan "Complete Memory": A reactive (re)-signification of the memory of the disappeared in Argentina - Valentina Salvi * Queering Acts of Mourning in the Aftermath of Argentina's Dictatorship: The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and Los Rubios - Cecilia Sosa * Justice and its Remainders: Diamela Eltit's Puno y letra - Michael J. Lazzara * Chile: Dilemmas of memory - Elizabeth Lira * The traces of "postmemory" in second-generation Chilean and Argentinean identities - Alejandra Serpente * Collective Memories of the Trauma of Forced Disappearance: Reflections on the Case of the Disappeared Political Detainees in the Aftermath of Uruguay's State Terror (1985-2001) - Gabriela Fried * No hay que tener los ojos en la nuca: The Memory of Violence in Uruguay, 1973-2010 - Francesca Lessa * Afterword - The Politics of "Memory" in the Long Present of the Southern Cone - Vikki Bell