Memories from darkness archaeology of repression and resistance in Latin America

The study of Archaeology in Latin America has been strongly affected by the socio-political setting of the region. The history of state repression in the 1960s-1980s is particularly challenging to study, with many holes in the traditional accounts of events. Several dictatorships (especially militar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Funari, Pedro (-), Salerno, Melissa, Zarankin, Andres
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer Science 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:Contributions to global historical archaeology.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009455072506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Theoretical Discussions
  • Torture, Truth, Repression and Archaeology
  • Archaeology and Left in Colombia
  • The Archaeology of Conflict in Brazil
  • An Archaeological View of Political Repression in Uruguay (1971–1985)
  • Search for and Identification of Desaparecidos
  • Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology: A Balance Sheet
  • Clandestine detention centers
  • The Materialization of Sadism; Archaeology of Architecture in Clandestine Detention Centers (Argentinean Military Dictatorship, 1976–1983)
  • Objects and Representations
  • “They Must Have Done Something Wrong…”: The Construction of “Subversion” as a Social Category and the Reshaping of Identities Through Body and Dress (Argentina, 1976–1983)
  • Scratching Behind the Walls; Graffiti and Symbolic Political Imagination at Cuartel San Carlos (Caracas, Venezuela)
  • Emblematic Case Studies
  • The Archaeology of a Search: An Archaeological Search; The History of the Finding of “Che” Guevara’s Remains
  • “Mexico, 1968”: Among Olympic Fanfares, Government Repression and Genocide.