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Remembering Pinochet's Chile: On the Eve of London 1998 (Latin America Otherwise)
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by Steve J. Stern
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 247 pages
Published by: Duke University Press August 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0822333546
ISBN 13 Number: 979-0822333547
Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
This first volume of The Memory Box of Pinochet's Chile: A Trilogy is a thoughtful, nuanced study of how Chileans remember the traumatic 1973 coup by Augusto Pinochet against Salvador Allende and the nearly two decades of military government that followed. "London 1998" in the subtitle refers, of course, to the arrest of the former Chilean dictator for human rights abuses. Combining oral histories with political analysis, Stern (chair of the history department at the University of Wisconsin at Madison) commendably delves into the stories of Chileans who supported Pinochet as well as of the families of his government's victims. Arguing that memory plays a key role in struggles for political and cultural legitimacy, he studies how individual memories compete for a place in the formation of a deeply symbolic, collective memory. Memory, he contends, functions within multiple frameworks: salvation, rupture, persecution and awakening. Nonspecialists at times may be frustrated by Stern's cursory references to related academic studies, yet overall he makes a serviceable effort to write for a general audience. In light of the recent revelations of American human rights abuses of Iraqi prisoners, his insights into the legacies of torture and abuse in the Chilean prisons of the 1970s certainly have contemporary significance for any society that undergoes a national trauma.
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"[A] thoughtful, nuanced study. . . . In light of the recent revelations of American human rights abuses of Iraqi prisoners, his insights into the legacies of torture and abuse in the Chilean prisons of the 1970s certainly have contemporary significance for any society that undergoes a national trauma."
--Publishers Weekly
"Steve J. Stern's book is a reflection on and analysis of the processes by which a society's memory constructs these heroes and villains, as seen in Chile twenty-five years after General Pinochet's brutal takeover of power in 1973."
--Nick Caistor, Times Literary Supplement
"Highly recommended."
--J. A. Rhodes, Choice
"This outstanding work of scholarship sets a benchmark in the history of state terror, trauma, and memory in Latin America"
--Thomas Miller Klubock, American Historical Review
"[Remembering Pinochet's Chile] is meticulously researched, creatively organized, and engagingly written."
--Richard R. Super, International Third World Studies Journal and Review
“Because of its accessible language, its historical insight, and its theoretical usefulness for thinking about the often nebulous concept of ‘collective memory,’ Remembering Pinochet’s Chile is necessary reading for both specialized scholars and students at all levels who are interested in post-dictatorship issues or processes of collective memory formation.”
--Michael J. Lazzara, A Contracorriente
“Stern provides in the form of an essay a detailed explanation of his sources which, together with the rich and varied oral histories and his interpretations, make Remembering Pinochet’s Chile a quite valuable as well as accessible reader. The myriad undergraduates who travel to Chile on exchange programs, for example, will now no longer have an excuse to be surprised when they encounter Chileans whom they like, families who shelter them, yet who will defend the former dictator.”
--Katherine Hite, The Americas
“[Y]et another fine contribution to Latin American studies published by Duke University Press. It is readily accessible to readers not familiar with Chile or Latin American dictatorships, but also has a lot to offer to experts on Latin America. . . . . Remembering Pinochet’s Chile delivers a powerful story that raises important historical, theoretical, personal, and political questions. It invites dialogue and debate and will help build academic bridges. Many scholars and researchers will find it a valuable asset in the classroom and for their own study.”
--Volker Frank, Hispanic American Historical Review
“For someone who has engaged Chilean history and historiography for more than forty years, Stern’s book goes deeply and finely into the Chile I have come to know, even as it incites me to engage Stern directly on some of the conclusions he has drawn. What else can we ask from 150 pages of autobiography, history, social psychology, and social theory?”
--Brian Loveman, Latin American Politics and Society
Stern’s book on contentious memory in Chile could hardly be more timely. . . . [An] great book . . . .”
--Gregory Weeks, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
“Stern’s collection makes an important and original contribution to our understanding of how interpretations of the role played by the Chilean coup influenced subsequent political culture, and is a valuable exploration of personal histories through ethnographic research. Stern can only be praised for recording and disseminating stories that have rarely if ever been heard before, demonstrating a rare gift for eliciting testimony that is a tribute to his skill as a researcher and providing the reader with a potent and, indeed, moving sense of the full impact that the Pinochet dictatorship had on Chilean society.”
--Gavin O’Toole, Latin American Review of Books
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Remembering Pinochet's Chile: On the Eve of London 1998 (Latin America Otherwise) (Paperback)
I am very interested in the topic of human rights abuses and historical memory but this book is so poorly written. His meandering, obnoxious tone and references to himself make Stern one of the worst historians I have read. Who in the world edited this book? Have they never read historical writing before??
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