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Inhabiting Memory: Essays on Memory and Human Rights in the Americas
Marjorie Agosin
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Description for Inhabiting Memory: Essays on Memory and Human Rights in the Americas
Paperback. A selection of essays that examines the relationship between historical or traumatic events and the memories created by them. It describes the hard times living through the McCarthy era and the AIDS epidemic as well as the effects of living in exile from Chile and the bi cultural reality around the US border with Mexico. Editor(s): Agosin, Marjorie. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; DSBH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
The relationship between historical or traumatic events and the memories created by them are examined in this selection of essays by writers who have been affected by the social and political upheavals of Latin America during the past four decades. Recognizing the impact these events have had upon both collective and individual memory, these essayists also recall hard times living through the McCarthy era and the AIDS epidemic as well as the effects of living in exile from Chile and the bi cultural reality around the U.S. border with Mexico.
The relationship between historical or traumatic events and the memories created by them are examined in this selection of essays by writers who have been affected by the social and political upheavals of Latin America during the past four decades. Recognizing the impact these events have had upon both collective and individual memory, these essayists also recall hard times living through the McCarthy era and the AIDS epidemic as well as the effects of living in exile from Chile and the bi cultural reality around the U.S. border with Mexico.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Wings Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
San Antonio, TX, United States
ISBN
9780916727529
SKU
V9780916727529
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99-3
About Marjorie Agosin
Marjorie Agosín is the Luella Lamer Slain Professor of Latin American Studies at Wellesley College. She is the author of three memoirs, an autobiography, and many volumes of poetry, including Among the Angels of Memory, the Spanish language version of which won the 2007 International Latino Book Award.
Reviews for Inhabiting Memory: Essays on Memory and Human Rights in the Americas
One of our necessary voices, a magical singer who will not be defeated by history." —Edward Hirsch, author, For the Sleepwalkers "Agosín's poetic language engages the reader in a mesmerizing journey of inward reflection and exile." —Isabel Allende, author, The House of the Spirits "Agosín is a mystic poet whose clarity of vision is superceded only by her ... Read more