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Michael J. Lazzara - Luz Arce and Pinochet´s Chile: Testimony in the Aftermath of State Violence - 9780230622760 - V9780230622760
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Luz Arce and Pinochet´s Chile: Testimony in the Aftermath of State Violence

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Description for Luz Arce and Pinochet´s Chile: Testimony in the Aftermath of State Violence Paperback. A timely investigation of dictatorship, political upheaval, and human rights in Latin America, with a first hand account from Luz Arce, a controversial figure in Chile's history and culture. Editor(s): Lazzara, Michael J. Translator(s): Fischer, Carl. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JFFE; JPVH; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Since the demise of the Pinochet dictatorship in 1990, collaboration and complicity - both in the torture chamber and civil society - have been taboo topics not only for the Chilean left but also for society at large. By revisiting the experience of Luz Arce Sandoval - a leftist militant turned collaborator with Pinochet's secret police - Luz Arce and Pinochet's Chile raises urgent political and ethical questions about how nations carry out unspeakable violence in the name of "progress" and "democracy." Juxtaposing interviews, legal documents, and academic analysis, this book probes the personal and collective dimensions of torture, collaborationism, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
218
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
197
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230622760
SKU
V9780230622760
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99-15

About Michael J. Lazzara
MICHAEL LAZZARA Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture at the University of California, Davis, USA.

Reviews for Luz Arce and Pinochet´s Chile: Testimony in the Aftermath of State Violence
"In Luz Arce and Pinochet's Chile, Michael J. Lazzara constructs a scene in which the decisive problem of ethical limits unfolds. He invites us to inhabit an intense and unstable Chilean territory: the life of a prisoner-collaborator who progressively becomes militarized and entirely estranged from herself." - Diamela Eltit, New York University "This is a fascinating and ... Read more

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