Consent of the damned [electronic resource] : ordinary Argentinians in the dirty war / David M.K. Sheinin

Author:: Sheinin, David
Published:: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013.
Copyright Date:: ©2012
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (224 pages)
Additional Creators:: Project Muse

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Contents:

Introduction: How unpopular was the Argentine dictatorship? -- Dictatorship, media, and message -- "A correct, hermeneutic reading": fantasies of a constitutional coup and the promotion of indigenous -- Rights -- The Frank War, the fabrication of an ongoing menace, and the Jews -- Democracy and the (re)shaping of human rights politics -- Finding a cynical center -- Epilogue: Saving Jorge Omar Merengo.

Summary:

An examination of the way the Argentinian military dictatorship was able to commit human rights abuses because it was abetted by the willingness of Argentine civilians to either ignore or either assist their perpetration.

Subject(s):

Human rights—Argentina—History—20th century
Political violence—Argentina—History—20th century
National socialism—Moral and ethical aspects—Argentina
Political persecution—Argentina—History—20th century
Argentina—Military policy—20th century
Argentina—Politics and government—20th century

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Electronic books

ISBN:

9780813042596
9780813042398 (alk. paper)
0813042399

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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

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AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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