The Struggle for the Past: How We Construct Social Memories

by Elizabeth Jelin

In all societies-but especially those that have endured political violence-the past is a shifting and contested terrain, never fixed and always intertwined with present-day cultural and political circumstances. Organized around the Argentine experience since the 1970s within the broader context of the Southern Cone and international developments, The Struggle for the Past undertakes an innovative exploration of memory's dynamic social character...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789207827
• ISBN13: 9781789207828
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"