Repression, Exile, and Democracy
Uruguayan Culture
Will be published approx. on 30. October 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-8223-1268-0 (ISBN)
Description
Repression, Exile, and Democracy, translated from the Spanish, is the first work to examine the impact of dictatorship on Uruguyan culture. Some of Uruguay's best-known poets, writers of fiction, playwrights, literary critics and social scientists participate in this multidisciplinary study, analyzing how varying cultural expressions have been affected by conditions of censorship, exile and "insilio" (internal exile), torture, and death.
The first section provides a context for the volume, with its analyses of the historical, political, and social aspects of the Uruguayan experience. The following chapters explore various aspects of cultural production, including personal experiences of exile and imprisonment, popular music, censorship, literary criticism, return from exile, and the role that culture plays in redemocratization.
This book's appeal extends well beyond the study of Uruguay to scholars and students of the history and culture of other Latin American nations, as well as to fields of comparative literature and politics in general.Contributors. Hugo Achugar, Alvarro Barros-LEmez, Lisa Block de Behar, Amanda Berenguer, Hiber Conteris, JosE Pedro DIaz, Eduardo Galeano, Edy Kaufman, Leo Masliah, Carina Perelli, Teresa Porzecanski, Juan Rial, Mauricio Rosencof, Jorge Ruffinelli, SaUl Sosonowski, Martin Weinstein, Ruben YANez
The first section provides a context for the volume, with its analyses of the historical, political, and social aspects of the Uruguayan experience. The following chapters explore various aspects of cultural production, including personal experiences of exile and imprisonment, popular music, censorship, literary criticism, return from exile, and the role that culture plays in redemocratization.
This book's appeal extends well beyond the study of Uruguay to scholars and students of the history and culture of other Latin American nations, as well as to fields of comparative literature and politics in general.Contributors. Hugo Achugar, Alvarro Barros-LEmez, Lisa Block de Behar, Amanda Berenguer, Hiber Conteris, JosE Pedro DIaz, Eduardo Galeano, Edy Kaufman, Leo Masliah, Carina Perelli, Teresa Porzecanski, Juan Rial, Mauricio Rosencof, Jorge Ruffinelli, SaUl Sosonowski, Martin Weinstein, Ruben YANez
Reviews / Votes
"A very original work of fine scholarship, an excellent contribution to the literature on the Uruguyan experience. Its multidisciplinary appeal extends well beyond the study of Uruguay to scholars and students with interest in the histories and cultural realities of other Latin American nations, and even beyond that, to the fields of comparative politics and literature."-Deborah Jakubs, Chair, Council on Latin American StudiesMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
North Carolina
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-1268-0 (9780822312680)
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10/1992
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Persons
Saul Sosnowski is Professor of Latin American Studies and Director of the Office of International Programs at the University of Maryland.
Content
Editorial Note ix
As Seen from the Other Shore: Uruguayan Culture / Saul Sosnowski 1
The Role of the Political Parties in the Redemocratization of Uruguay / Edy Kaufman 17
The Social Imaginary: Utopian Political Myths in Uruguay / Juan Rial 59
The Decline and Fall of Democracy in Uruguay: Lessons for the Future / Martin Weinstein 83
The Dictatorship and Its Aftermath: The Hidden Wounds / Eduardo Galeano 103
Popular Music: Censorship and Repression / Leo Masliah 108
On Suffering, Song, and White Horses / Mauricio Rosencof 120
The Repression of Uruguayan Culture: A Response to the People's Response to the Crisis / Ruben Yanez 133
The Power of Memory and the Memory of Power / Carina Perelli 147
The Signs on the Table / Amanda Berenguer 162
From Silence to Eloquence: Critical Resistance or the Ambivalent Aspects of a Discourse in Crisis/ Lisa Block de Behar 178
On Spatial and Temporal Exile: Expatriation and Prison Life / Hiber Contneris 190
The Silences of Culture / Jose Pedro Diaz 196
Fiction and Friction in the Imaginative Narrative Written inside Uruguay / Teresa Porzecanski 213
Postdictatorship, Democracy and Culture in the Uruguay of the Eighties / Hugo Achugar 225
Redemocratization, Culture, Return from Exile (Is It Possible to Go Home Again?) / Alvar Barros-Lemez 239
Uruguay, Inside and Out / Jorge Ruffinelli 251
Contributors 257
As Seen from the Other Shore: Uruguayan Culture / Saul Sosnowski 1
The Role of the Political Parties in the Redemocratization of Uruguay / Edy Kaufman 17
The Social Imaginary: Utopian Political Myths in Uruguay / Juan Rial 59
The Decline and Fall of Democracy in Uruguay: Lessons for the Future / Martin Weinstein 83
The Dictatorship and Its Aftermath: The Hidden Wounds / Eduardo Galeano 103
Popular Music: Censorship and Repression / Leo Masliah 108
On Suffering, Song, and White Horses / Mauricio Rosencof 120
The Repression of Uruguayan Culture: A Response to the People's Response to the Crisis / Ruben Yanez 133
The Power of Memory and the Memory of Power / Carina Perelli 147
The Signs on the Table / Amanda Berenguer 162
From Silence to Eloquence: Critical Resistance or the Ambivalent Aspects of a Discourse in Crisis/ Lisa Block de Behar 178
On Spatial and Temporal Exile: Expatriation and Prison Life / Hiber Contneris 190
The Silences of Culture / Jose Pedro Diaz 196
Fiction and Friction in the Imaginative Narrative Written inside Uruguay / Teresa Porzecanski 213
Postdictatorship, Democracy and Culture in the Uruguay of the Eighties / Hugo Achugar 225
Redemocratization, Culture, Return from Exile (Is It Possible to Go Home Again?) / Alvar Barros-Lemez 239
Uruguay, Inside and Out / Jorge Ruffinelli 251
Contributors 257