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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822096003321

Autore

Feitlowitz Marguerite

Titolo

A lexicon of terror : Argentina and the legacies of torture / / Marguerite Feitlowitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-975303-2

1-283-00986-2

9786613009869

0-19-975326-1

Edizione

[Rev. and updated, with a new epilogue.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (410 p.)

Disciplina

982.06/3

Soggetti

Rhetoric - Political aspects - Argentina - History

Political violence - Argentina - History

Disappeared persons - Argentina - History

Terrorism - Argentina - History

Argentina Politics and government 1955-1983

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Subtitle from cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Gentlemen's Coup; A Lexicon of Terror; 1 A Lexicon of Terror; 2 Night and Fog; 3 "Life Here Is Normal,"; 4 The Land Mourneth; 5 The House of the Blind; 6 "The Scilingo Effect" The Past Is a Predator; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tanks roaring over farmlands, pregnant women tortured, 30,000 individuals ""disappeared""--these were the horrors of Argentina's Dirty War. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and Finalist for the L.L. Winship / PEN New England Award in 1998, A Lexicon of Terror is a sensitive and unflinching account of the sadism, paranoia, and deception the military junta unleashed on the Argentine people from 1976 to 1983. This updated edition features a new epilogue that chronicles major political, legal, and social developments in Argentina since the book's initial publication. It also continues the