Latent Memory: Human Rights and Jewish Identity in Chile
Autor Maxine Lowyen Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 apr 2022
Maxine Lowy draws upon hundreds of first-person testimonials and archival resources to explore Chilean Jewish identity in the wake of Pinochet's coup, exposing the complex and sometimes contradictory development of collective traumatic memory and political sensibilities in an oppressive new context. Latent Memory points to processes of community gestures of moral reparation and signals the pathways to justice and healing associated with Shoah and the Jewish experience. Lowy asks how individuals and institutions may overcome fear, indifference, and convenience to take a stand even under intense political duress, posing questions applicable to any nation emerging from state repression.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780299335809
ISBN-10: 0299335801
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: 6 b-w illus., 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-10: 0299335801
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: 6 b-w illus., 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Recenzii
“One of the most important books written today on the role of historical memory and the Jewish community during Pinochet’s regime. Lowy's thought-provoking observations and courage help us understand the legacy of Chilean Jews and the nation's silence, filled with secrets and complicity.”—Marjorie Agosin, Wellesley College
“Lowy’s book provides a needed perspective on the events of the Chilean dictatorship: how Jews remember their own experience on the state violence, in dialogue with their own memory of the Holocaust and Jewish history. Her contribution provides a base for future scholarly research.”—Valeria Navarro Rosenblatt
"Remarkable. . . . Latent Memory is a substantial piece of scholarship, but above all a plea that latent memory should be transformed to an active, militant remembering of the past, and the determination not to see the suffering and injustice repeated."—Latin America Bureau
“A compelling and, of course, sobering read. . . . Lowy hopes that memory can create meaning, and prevent the same from happening again. I highly recommend reading her effort to do so.”—The Americas
“A powerful and important book. . . . The book focuses on the Chilean Jewish community but the lessons it leaves extend to all of humanity. This is a book with universal relevance.”—Bulletin of Latin American Research
“Lowy’s book provides a needed perspective on the events of the Chilean dictatorship: how Jews remember their own experience on the state violence, in dialogue with their own memory of the Holocaust and Jewish history. Her contribution provides a base for future scholarly research.”—Valeria Navarro Rosenblatt
"Remarkable. . . . Latent Memory is a substantial piece of scholarship, but above all a plea that latent memory should be transformed to an active, militant remembering of the past, and the determination not to see the suffering and injustice repeated."—Latin America Bureau
“A compelling and, of course, sobering read. . . . Lowy hopes that memory can create meaning, and prevent the same from happening again. I highly recommend reading her effort to do so.”—The Americas
“A powerful and important book. . . . The book focuses on the Chilean Jewish community but the lessons it leaves extend to all of humanity. This is a book with universal relevance.”—Bulletin of Latin American Research
Notă biografică
Maxine Lowy is an editor, translator, and freelance journalist based in Santiago, Chile. Her work focuses on human rights and contemporary social issues. She is the author of Sembradoras de fe y esperanza: El legado de mujeres de comunidades cristianas populares. She created and coordinated the human rights website www.memoriayjusticia.cl.
Cuprins
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction
Part 1. A History Shared, and a Divergence
1 Exodus
2 Strangers in a Strange Land
3 Community Dilemmas
Part 2. Chronicles of prisoners and protectors
4 These We Shall Remember
5 Rescuers and Bystanders
Part 3. Roads Traveled
6 Echoes of Anne Frank
7 Selective Memory and its Lessons
8 Paths to Healing: Memory and Justice
Epilogue
9
Yizkor—In Memoriam
Notes
Index
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Introduction
Part 1. A History Shared, and a Divergence
1 Exodus
2 Strangers in a Strange Land
3 Community Dilemmas
Part 2. Chronicles of prisoners and protectors
4 These We Shall Remember
5 Rescuers and Bystanders
Part 3. Roads Traveled
6 Echoes of Anne Frank
7 Selective Memory and its Lessons
8 Paths to Healing: Memory and Justice
Epilogue
9
Yizkor—In Memoriam
Notes
Index
Descriere
Generations of marginalized Jewish immigrants and refugees migrated to Chile during the first half of the twentieth century, only to live through persecution during Pinochet's military coup. Maxine Lowy asks how individuals and institutions may overcome fear, indifference, and convenience to take a stand even under intense political duress.