What we remember : the construction of memory in military discourse / Mariana Achugar.
2008
P302.8 .A24 2008eb
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Title
What we remember : the construction of memory in military discourse / Mariana Achugar.
Author
ISBN
9789027289957 (electronic bk.)
9027289956 (electronic bk.)
1282104470
9781282104471
9786612104473
6612104473
9789027206176 (hb ; alk. paper)
9027206171 (hb ; alk. paper)
9027289956 (electronic bk.)
1282104470
9781282104471
9786612104473
6612104473
9789027206176 (hb ; alk. paper)
9027206171 (hb ; alk. paper)
Imprint
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (x, 246 pages)
Call Number
P302.8 .A24 2008eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)309783851
Summary
This interdisciplinary monograph explores the discursive manifestations of the conflict over how to remember and interpret the actions of the military during the last dictatorship in Uruguay (1973-1985). Through the exploration of the discursive ways in which this powerful group represents past events and participants, we can trace the ideological struggle over how to reconstruct a traumatic past. By looking at memory as a social and discursive practice, the analysis identifies particular semiotic practices and linguistic patterns deployed in the construction of memory. The discursive descript.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
What We Remember; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The construction of memory; Constructing memory through discursive practices; The construction of accounts of the dictatorship period (1976 & 1978); Analysis of editorials of a military magazine, El Soldado (1986-1996); Individual memory; Struggles for memory; What is our story; Conclusion; References; Corpus of texts analyzed; Appendix; Appendix 2.
Source of Description
Print version record.
Series
Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 29.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Achugar, Mariana. What we remember. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008
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