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First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
By blending personal memoir and critical analysis, "Voices of the
Survivors "explores cultural and human responses to the violence of
political repression and social disintegration perpetrated in
Argentina during the so called "Dirty War" of the late '70s and
early '80s. Central to the theoretical and critical corpus is the
work of scholars writing in response to the historical trauma of
the Holocaust (Adorno, La Capra, Shoshana Felman), which posed
questions regarding social trauma, the links between mourning and
memory, and the role of artistic creation and its value as
testimony.
The book traces shifts in discursive formations and social
practices critical to understanding the origin and impact of the
"Process of National Reorganization" (as it was known by the
military government) through analysis of a broad range of sources,
including poetry, fiction, memoirs and testimonies, popular music,
and journalism. These texts explore the persistence of issues of
memory and mourning within the particular conditions of Argentine
culture in the aftermath of the dictatorship.
This significant new work will be essential reading for scholars
interested in issues of violence, political and cultural
disruption, memory, and historical consciousness.
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