| Description |
1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Series |
Interventions |
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Interventions
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| Contents |
Politics and the Art of Commemoration : Memorials to struggle in Latin America and Spain; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Memorials to struggle; 2. Memorializing Spain's narrative of empire; 3. Victims, victimizers, and the question of empathy: The Eye that Cries; 4. Searching and the inter-generational transmission of grief in Paine, Chile; 5. The globality of art and memory making: The bicis of Fernando Traverso; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Memorials are proliferating throughout the globe. States recognize the political value of memorials: memorials can convey national unity, a sense of overcoming violent legacies, a commitment to political stability or the strengthening of democracy. Memorials represent fitful negotiations between states and societies symbolically to right wrongs, to recognize loss, to assert distinct historical narratives that are not dominant. This book explores relationships among art, representation and politics through memorials to violent pasts in Spain and Latin America. Drawing from curators, art histori |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203156841 |
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0203156846 |
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