The Politics of Postmemory

Violence and Victimhood in Contemporary Argentine Culture
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-51604-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 257 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4552 g

Reihe: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies

This volume examines recent examples of Argentine literature, film, theatre and visual art from the children of the disappeared. By exploring their creative narration of childhood memories and the controversial use of parody, humour and fantasy, Maguire considers how this post-dictatorship generation are increasingly looking towards the past in order to disrupt the politics of the present. More broadly, this interdisciplinary study also scrutinizes the relevance of postmemory in a Latin American context, arguing that the politics of local Argentine memory practices must be taken actively into account if such a theoretical framework is to remain a productive and appropriate analytical lens. The Politics of Postmemory thus engages critically with theories of cultural memory in the Argentine, Latin American and global contexts, resulting in a timely and innovative text that will be of significant interest to students and scholars in the fields of, among others, cultural studies, film studies, critical theory and trauma studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maguire, Geoffrey

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtspolitik, Erinnerungskultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Copyright Generation: Historical Memory and the Children of the Disappeared.- 2. ‘HIJOS de una misma historia’: Identity Politics and Parody in the Kirchner Era.- 3. Hijos guerrilleros: Childhood, Militancy and Cinematic Memory.- 4. Performing Loss: Materiality and the Repertoire of Absence.- 5. Conclusion: The Politics of Postmemory.-

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Geoffrey Maguire is a Junior Research Fellow in Latin American Studies at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge.