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

• Autore: Feitlowitz Marguerite
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011
• Edizione: Rev. and updated, with a new epilogue.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 p.)
• Disciplina: 982.06/3
• Soggetto topico: Rhetoric - Political aspects - Argentina - History; Political violence - Argentina - History; Disappeared persons - Argentina - History; Terrorism - Argentina - History
• Soggetto geografico: Argentina Politics and government 1955-1983
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: A lexicon of terror
• ISBN: 0-19-975303-2; 1-283-00986-2; 9786613009869; 0-19-975326-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822096003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II