Queering acts of mourning in the aftermath of Argentina's dictatorship : the performances of blood
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Queering acts of mourning in the aftermath of Argentina's dictatorship : the performances of blood
（Colección Támesis, serie A,
Tamesis, 2014
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-183) and index
Includes filmography
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Description
Shows how the experience of violence in Argentina shed light on a new sense of "being together" that goes beyond bloodline ties.
Co-winner of the 2013 inaugural Publication Prize awarded by the Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland
The aftermath of Argentina's last dictatorship (1976-1983) has traditionally been associated with narratives of suffering, which recall the loss of the 30,000 civilians infamously known as the "disappeared". When democracy was recovered, the unspoken rule was that only those related by blood to the missing were entitledto ask for justice. This book both queries and queers this bloodline normativity. Drawing on queer theory and performance studies, it develops an alternative framework for understanding the affective transmission of trauma beyondtraditional family settings. To do so, it introduces an archive of non-normative acts of mourning that runs across different generations. Through the analysis of a broad spectrum of performances - including interviews, memoirs, cooking sessions, films, jokes, theatrical productions and literature - the book shows how the experience of loss has not only produced a well-known imaginary of suffering but also new forms of collective pleasure.
Cecilia Sosa received a PhD in Drama from Queen Mary, University of London. She is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at School of Arts & Digital Industries, University of East London.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Paradoxes of Blood: From the Madres' Queer Mourning to the Kirchnerist Era
Black Humour and the Children of the Disappeared
Undoing the Cult of the Victim: Los Rubios (2003), M (2007) and La mujer sin cabeza (2008)
The Cooking Mother: Hebe de Bonafini and the Conversion of the Former ESMA
The Attire of (Post-) Memory: Mi vida despues (2009, Lola Arias)
Kinship, Loss and Political Heritage: Los topos (2008) and Kirchner's Death
Conclusion: The Recovery of the House
Afterword
Bibliography and Filmography
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