How the military remembers : human rights and countermemories in Latin America / edited by Cynthia E. Milton and Michael J. Lazzara.

Other author Milton, Cynthia E., editor.
Other author Lazzara, Michael J., 1975- editor.
Format Book
PublicationMadison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2025]
Descriptionxii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCritical human rights
Critical human rights http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/ae16ebca-7675-f2a2-77da-b63fbf424893 ^A1107858
Contents Part I. Refashioning military men in democracies. In the name of the father: uncovering the paternity of military memories of dictatorship in Brazil / Rebecca Atencio -- Fiction, freedom, and relativism: human rights in Pinochetista memory in post-Pinochet Chile (1998-2019) / Leith Passmore -- Heroes and genocidaires: retired officers of the Argentinian army and their memories of the recent past / Valentina Salvi -- Perpetrator confessions and discourses of impunity in post-transitional Uruguay: the cases of Gavazzo and Tróccoli / Mariana Achugar and Gabriela Fried Amilivia -- Military narratives of heroism and sacrifice in war crimes trials in Guatemala / Jo-Marie Burt -- Part II. Memorializing military memories. "The hero of Joateca": the Salvadoran military's stubborn memory of Domingo Monterrosa / Rachel Hatcher -- Visualizing soldiers as victims: kidnapping, and photographic proof of survival in Colombia / Nicolas Rodríguez Idárraga -- Captive to history: military memories and censorship in public spaces / Cynthia E. Milton -- An unorthodox relationship: Colombia's public forces and the National Center for Historical Memory (2012-2019) / María Emma Wills -- Part III. Inheriting military pasts. The challenges and risks of producing 'memory with history' within the Peruvian army / Carla Granados and Gladys Vásquez -- Relatives of perpetrators and collaborators in Chile: implicated subjects, memory, and responsibility / Michael J. Lazzara.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2025001981
ISBN9780299352707
ISBN0299352706 hardcover