Collective Memory and the Language of Human Rights
Attitudes toward Torture in Contemporary Argentina
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4499747 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Sutton (0000-0002-3938-8378, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 73-91 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x15570892 |
| OpenAlex | W2146395375 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 19 |
The democratization that followed the last military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983) has been influenced by human rights organizations' relentless work to bring about truth and justice regarding the consequences of state terrorism and to keep the memory of that period alive. These efforts frame the discursive context in which human rights violations, including torture, are interpreted in contemporary Argentina. Argentine interviewees from across the political spectrum condemn torture, but the language and frames they use and the narratives surrounding political events vary. These accounts expose the conflicted terrain of memory making and the ambivalences and contradictions that permeate the construction of a torture-rejecting culture. La democratización que vino después de la última dictadura militar en la Argentina (1976-1983) ha sido influenciada por el trabajo incesante de las organizaciones de derechos humanos para lograr que se establezca la verdad y se haga justicia sobre las consecuencias del terrorismo de estado y para mantener la memoria sobre ese periodo viva. Estos esfuerzos enmarcan el contexto discursivo a través del cual las violaciones de los derechos humanos, entre ellas la tortura, son interpretadas en la Argentina contemporánea. Las personas entrevistadas en Argentina, quienes atraviesan el espectro político, condenan la tortura. Sin embargo, el lenguaje y los esquemas que usan y las narrativas sobre los acontecimientos políticos varían. Estos relatos exponen el terreno conflictivo de la construcción de la memoria y las ambivalencias y contradicciones que permean la construcción de una cultura de rechazo hacia la tortura
Art · Context (archaeology) · Democracy · Dictatorship · Human rights · Humanities · Persona · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science) · Torture · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Memory, violence, and history
Trauma
Searching for Life
The State of Exception
Security
State Repression and the Labors of Memory
The World of Torture
Cultures of Denial
The Politics of Measurement
Language, policy and the construction of a torture culture in the war on terrorism
Hijos de víctimas del terrorismo de Estado. Justicia, identidad y memoria en el movimiento de derechos humanos en Argentina, 1995-2008
Between the Voices of the State and the Human Rights Movement
U.S. Public Opinion on Torture, 2001–2009
Defacement
Social memories
Qualitative Research Design
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2018 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |