Luz Arce and Pinochet's Chile: Testimony in the Aftermath of State Violence

by Michael J. Lazzara

Book Overview

Since the demise of the Pinochet dictatorship in 1990, collaboration and complicity--both in the torture chamber and civil society--have been taboo topics not only for the Chilean left but also for society at large. By revisiting the experience of Luz Arce Sandoval--a leftist militant turned collaborator with Pinochet's secret police--Luz Arce and Pinochet's Chile raises urgent political and ethical questions about how nations carry out unspeakable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230622763
• ISBN13: 9780230622760
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"