Fotografía, memoria y desaparición forzada de personas en Chile (1973-1990)

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between photography, memory, and state violence. To this end, two photographs will be analyzed in which we see the relatives of the detained-disappeared of the Pinochet dictatorship demanding justice, the appearance and reparation of their lov...

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Main Author: Juan Pablo Silva-Escobar
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Language:Spanish
Published: Presses universitaires du Midi 2024-08-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/15240
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description The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between photography, memory, and state violence. To this end, two photographs will be analyzed in which we see the relatives of the detained-disappeared of the Pinochet dictatorship demanding justice, the appearance and reparation of their loved ones in the public space. I argue that these images not only contribute to the legibility of this painful history, but they also help understand the way in which Pinochet's dictatorship was configured as necropolitics, that is, as a form of government that decides who may live and who must die.
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spellingShingle Juan Pablo Silva-Escobar
Fotografía, memoria y desaparición forzada de personas en Chile (1973-1990)
Caravelle
Memory
Photography
Detainees-disappeared
Pinochet dictatorship
Necropolitics
title Fotografía, memoria y desaparición forzada de personas en Chile (1973-1990)
title_full Fotografía, memoria y desaparición forzada de personas en Chile (1973-1990)
title_fullStr Fotografía, memoria y desaparición forzada de personas en Chile (1973-1990)
title_full_unstemmed Fotografía, memoria y desaparición forzada de personas en Chile (1973-1990)
title_short Fotografía, memoria y desaparición forzada de personas en Chile (1973-1990)
title_sort fotografia memoria y desaparicion forzada de personas en chile 1973 1990
topic Memory
Photography
Detainees-disappeared
Pinochet dictatorship
Necropolitics
url https://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/15240
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