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Record Nr.

UNINA9910878796903321

Autore

Cieplak Piotr

Titolo

Familiar Faces : Photography, Memory, and Argentina's Disappeared

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Goldsmiths, University London, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9781913380755

9781913380762

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 pages)

Disciplina

362.87098209047

Soggetti

Disappeared persons - Argentina

Photography in social change

History

Essays.

Argentina History Dirty War, 1976-1983 Photography

Argentine Histoire 1976-1983 (Dictature militaire) Photographie

Argentina

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- 1 Intimate Moments, Public Acts: Argentina’s Long Relationship with the Photographs of the Disappeared --   Encounter 1: April 20221 --   A Coup like no Other? --   Encounter 2: June 2022 --   Making Things Visible: Against Disappearance --   Encounter 3: December 2022 --   Memory, Justice and Politics --   Familiar Faces34 -- 2 Constructing the Image of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Through Press Photography --   Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and their Struggle for Visibility --   Press Photography during the Dictatorship --   The “Safety Net” and the Importance of Being Seen --   The Mothers and the Photographs of their Children --   The Mothers and the World Cup --   Images of Resistance, Will, Perseverance, Sorrow and Grief --   Conclusion -- 3 Ways of Looking: Violence, Archive and the Register of “Extremists” -- 4 Political Landscapes and Photographic Artefacts in Post-Dictatorship Argentina --   Natural Landscape



(Wilderness and Desolation) --   Urban Landscape (the Artifice) --   The Familial Landscape (the Collage) --   Photographic Landscapes and Political Artefacts -- 5 Waiting for the Light

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the enduring impact of photographs of Argentina's disappeared individuals during the country's military dictatorship. It examines the role of photography in memory politics, focusing on the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo and their struggle for visibility. The book delves into how press photography shaped public perceptions and contributed to social justice efforts. It also considers the landscapes of violence and political artifacts in Argentina, highlighting the sacredness and rituals surrounding photographs of the disappeared. The contributors provide an ethnographic perspective on the memories of survivors and the challenges of representing the (in)visible. Edited by Piotr Cieplak, it draws on research conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic and includes contributions from various scholars, artists, and photographers.