1st Edition

Commemorative Literacies and Labors of Justice Resistance, Reconciliation, and Recovery in Buenos Aires and Beyond

186 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines literacy practices of commemoration marking the 40th anniversary of the March 24, 1976 coup in Argentina. Drawing on research conducted across three distinct sites in Buenos Aires in March 2016—a public university, a Catholic church, and a former naval base and clandestine detention center transformed into a museum space for memory and justice—this book sheds light on the ways... Read more

Introduction

Chapter 1: Setting the Stage: ¡Todos a la Plaza!

Chapter 2: Historical Background

Chapter 3: Labors of Justice as Resistance Across Two University Sites

Chapter 4: Labors of Justice as Reconciliation at the Church of Santa Cruz

Chapter 5: Labors of Justice as Recovery: Individual, Societal, and Spatial Modes of Meaning-Making

Chapter 6: Commemorative Literacies and Labors of Justice in Buenos Aires and Beyond

Epilogue

Biography

James S. Damico is Professor of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education at Indiana University, Bloomington, U.S.A.

Loren D. Lybarger is Professor of Classics and Religious Studies at Ohio University, Athens, U.S.A.

Edward Brudney is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, U.S.A.