Stern / Mignolo / Silverblatt Battling for Hearts and Minds

Memory Struggles in Pinochet’s Chile, 1973–1988
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8854-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2, 576 Seiten

Reihe: Latin America otherwise : languages, empires, nations

The story of the dramatic struggle to define collective memory in Chile during the violent, repressive dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stern, Steve J.

Mignolo, Walter D.

Silverblatt, Irene

Saldívar-Hull, Sonia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xi

Maps xvi

Introduction to the Trilogy: The Memory Box of Pinoche’s Chile xix

Introduction to Book Two: Battling for Hearts and Minds 1

Part I. Foundational Years: Building the Memory Box, 1973–1982

1. Chronicling a Coup Foretold? Previews of the Impossible 11

Afterword. “This is Chile” 29

2. Saving “Chileans of Well-Placed Heart,” 1973–1976 33

Afterword. Rumors of the Impossible 77

3. Witnessing and Awakening Chile: Testimonial Truth and Struggle, 1973–1977 81

Afterword. Laughing and Singing in Times of Trouble 129

4. Road to Oblivion? Crisis and Institutionalization, 1977–1982 137

Afterword. Coming of Age 179

5. Digging In: Counterofficial Chile, 1979–1982 196

Afterword. Fending off Despair 231

Conclusion to Part I: Building the Memory Box: Foundational Years 237

PART II. Struggles for Control: Memory Politics as Mass Experience, 1983–1988

6. Great Shakings: Memory War in the Streets, 1983–1986 249

Afterword. Away from Santiago 287

7. Time Travel: Memory War in Media and Politics, 1983–1986 297

Afterword. Desire 330

8. “Did You Forget Me?” The Unexpected Faces of Chile, 1987–1988 336

Afterword. Taboo: The Making of a Memory Moment 378

Abbreviations Used in Notes and Essay on Sources 389

Notes 391

Essay on Sources 485

Index 507

Über Autor(innen)

Steve J. Stern is Alberto Flores Galindo Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His most recent books include Remembering Pinochet’s Chile: On the Eve of London 1998 and Shining and Other Paths: War and Society in Peru, 1980–1995, both also published by Duke University Press.