Jelin, Elizabeth, 1941-

State repression and the labors of memory / Elizabeth Jelin ; translated by Judy Rein and Marcial Godoy-Anativia. - Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c2003. - xix, 163 p. ; 24 cm. NFIC - Contradictions (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; 18. Contradictions (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; 18. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-156) and index.

Memory in the contemporary world -- What memories are we talking about? -- Political struggles for memory -- History and social memory -- Trauma, testimony, and "truth" -- Engendered memories -- Transmissions, legacies, lessons.

0816642834 (hard cover : alk. paper) 0816642842 (pbk : alk. paper)

2003013925


Political persecution--South America.
Victims of state-sponsored terrorism--South America.
Memory--Social aspects--South America.
Memory--Political aspects--South America.
Memory (Philosophy)

JC599.S55 / J4513 2003

323/.044/098

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