The Memory of the Argentina Disappearances : The Political History of Nunca Mas

ISBN-13: 9780415886161 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 212 str.

Emilio Crenzel

Opis

Examines the history of the production, public circulation, and the interpretations and reinterpretations of the Nunca Mas report issued by Argentina's National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons (CONADEP). It was established in 1983 by constitutional president Raul Alfonsin to investigate the fate of thousands of people who had been disappeared by the state during the seventies. This book contributes to understanding the political processes that led to Nunca Mas becoming the way in which Argentines remembered the disappearances and the country's political violence, and how its meaning is modified by new interpretations. Given the canonical nature of Nunca Mas, the book sheds light on the most substantial changes and the continuities in Argentina's social memory of its recent past."

Recenzje

"The production and effects of the Argentine Nunca Más report, well-known events in recent Latin American history, have been hardly analyzed with such thoroughness. Crenzel brings politics back to our understanding of human rights and showing the array of actors and ideas involved in the crafting and later interpretation of this landmark in the history of global human rights movements. In addition, he masters the cultural and sociological implications of these processes." – Vania Markarian, Columbia University

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Disappearance, Memory and Knowledge  2. Investigating the Past: CONADEP and the Making of Nunca Más  2. The Nunca Más Report  4. Uses and Resignifications of Nunca Más  Conclusions

O autorze

Emilio Crenzelis Researcher at the National Council of Scientific Research (CONICET) and Professor of Sociology (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina). He has authored papers about transitional justice, human rights, and social memories of the political violence and dictatorship in Argentina. He has alsopublished in journals in Europe, Canada, Israel, Brazil, United States and Mexico.