Afterlives of Confinement Spatial Transitions in Postdictatorship Latin America
During the age of dictatorships, Latin American prisons became a symbol for the vanquishing of political opponents, many of whom were never seen again. In the postdictatorship era of the 1990s, a number of these prisons were repurposed into shopping malls, museums, and memorials. Susana Draper uses...
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| Language: | English |
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Pittsburgh, Pa
University of Pittsburgh Press
28.10.2012
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| Edition: | 1 |
| Series: | Illuminations. Cultural formations of the Americas |
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| ISBN: | 9780822962250, 082296225X, 9780822978060, 0822978067 |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction: 1: Prison-Malls: 2: Literary Afterlives of the Punta Carretas Prison: 3: The Workforce and the Open Prison: 4: Freedom, Democracy, and the Literary Uncanny in Roberto Bolañoʹs Nocturno de Chile 5: Memorialistic Architectonics and Memory Marketing 6: It Goes without Seeing: NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
- Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Afterlife of Prisons -- 1. Prison-Malls: Architectures of Utopic Regeneration -- 2. Literary Afterlives of the Punta Carretas Prison: Tunneling Histories of Freedom -- 3. The Workforce and the Open Prison: Awakening from the Dream of the Chilean Miracle in Diamela Eltit's Mano de obra -- 4. Freedom, Democracy, and the Literary Uncanny in Roberto Bolaño's Nocturno de Chile -- 5. Memorialistic Architectonics and Memory Marketing -- 6. It Goes without Seeing: Framing the Future Past of Violence in Postdictatorship Film -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index