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The Politics of Postmemory. Violence and Victimhood in Contemporary Argentine Culture.
Geoffrey Maguire
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This volume examines recent examples of Argentine literature, film, theatre and visual art from the children of the disappeared. By exploring their creative narration of childhood memories and the controversial use of parody, humour and fantasy, Maguire considers how this post-dictatorship generation are increasingly looking towards the past in order to disrupt the politics of the present. More broadly, this interdisciplinary study also scrutinizes the relevance of postmemory in a Latin American context, arguing that the politics of local Argentine memory practices must be taken actively into account if such a theoretical framework is to remain a productive and appropriate ... Read more
This volume examines recent examples of Argentine literature, film, theatre and visual art from the children of the disappeared. By exploring their creative narration of childhood memories and the controversial use of parody, humour and fantasy, Maguire considers how this post-dictatorship generation are increasingly looking towards the past in order to disrupt the politics of the present. More broadly, this interdisciplinary study also scrutinizes the relevance of postmemory in a Latin American context, arguing that the politics of local Argentine memory practices must be taken actively into account if such a theoretical framework is to remain a productive and appropriate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
Number of Pages
257
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319516042
SKU
V9783319516042
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About Geoffrey Maguire
Dr Geoffrey Maguire is a Junior Research Fellow in Latin American Studies at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge.
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