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Postmemories of Terror
Susana Kaiser
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Description for Postmemories of Terror
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JPH; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 397.
Postmemories of Terror focuses on how young Argentineans remember the traumatic events of the military dictatorship (1976-83). This fascinating work is based on oral histories with sixty-three young people who were too young to be directly victimized or politically active during this period. All were born during or after the terror and possessed an entirely mediated knowledge of it. Susana Kaiser explores how the post-dictatorship generation was reconstructing this past from three main sources: inter-generational dialogue, education and the communication media. These conversations discuss selected and recurrent themes like societal fears and silences, remembering and forgetting, historical explanations and accountability. ... Read more
Postmemories of Terror focuses on how young Argentineans remember the traumatic events of the military dictatorship (1976-83). This fascinating work is based on oral histories with sixty-three young people who were too young to be directly victimized or politically active during this period. All were born during or after the terror and possessed an entirely mediated knowledge of it. Susana Kaiser explores how the post-dictatorship generation was reconstructing this past from three main sources: inter-generational dialogue, education and the communication media. These conversations discuss selected and recurrent themes like societal fears and silences, remembering and forgetting, historical explanations and accountability. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Oral History
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403964656
SKU
V9781403964656
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About Susana Kaiser
SUSANA KAISER is Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Latin American Studies, University of San Francisco, USA.
Reviews for Postmemories of Terror
"Susana has given us an extraordinarily lucid and poignant work. Postmemories of Terror is a masterful exploration into the depth of evil as well as hope. Kaiser creates a narrative of voices that dwells in Argentina's dark night of terror and silence. This is a work of solid achievement and human solidarity." - Marjorie Agosin, Wellesley College ... Read more