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The military dictatorship that ruled Argentina between 1976 and 1983 betrayed the country's people, presiding over disappearances of its citizenry and, in the process, destroying the state's trustworthiness as the guardian of safety and well-being. Desperate relatives risked their lives to...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Pennsylvania studies in human rights
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| Summary: |
The military dictatorship that ruled Argentina between 1976 and 1983 betrayed the country's people, presiding over disappearances of its citizenry and, in the process, destroying the state's trustworthiness as the guardian of safety and well-being. Desperate relatives risked their lives to find the disappeared, and one group of mothers defied the repressive regime with weekly protests at the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. This book looks at how societies cope with human losses and sociocultural traumas in the aftermath of such instances of political violence and state terror. The author demo |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 294 pages : map ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-273) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780812250053 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 0812250052 (hardback : alkaline paper) |
| Index Number: | HV6433 |
| CLC: | D815.5-05 |
| Call Number: | D815.5-05/R631 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Trust and betrayal -- Trauma -- Memory -- Testimony -- Denial -- Sovereignty -- Accountability -- Guilt -- Mourning -- Conclusion. |