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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779200403321

Autore

Crenzel Emilio A (Emilio Ariel)

Titolo

Memory of the Argentina disappearances : the political history of Nunca mas / / Emilio Crenzel ; translation into English by Laura Perez Carrara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-44263-9

9786613442635

0-203-80418-X

1-136-63885-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of the Americas ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

CarraraLaura Perez

Disciplina

362.87

Soggetti

Disappeared persons - Argentina

Terrorism - Argentina

Political persecution - Argentina

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Original title La historia política del Nunca Más. La memoria de las desapariciones en la Argentina.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Disappearance, memory and knowledge -- Investigating the past: conadep and the making of Nunca más -- The Nunca más report -- Uses and resignifications of Nunca más.

Sommario/riassunto

Memory of the Argentina Disappearances examines the history of the production, public circulation, and the interpretations and reinterpretations of the Nunca Más report issued by Argentina's National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons (CONADEP). It was established in 1983 by constitutional president Raúl Alfonsín to investigate the fate of thousands of people who had been disappeared by the state during the seventies. Upon publication in 1984, Nunca Más became a bestseller, was translated into several languages and won greater public importance when