Political Violence and Trauma in Argentina

Name: Political Violence and Trauma in Argentina
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ISBN: 9780812220063

ISBN-10: 0812220064

ISBN-13: 9780812220063

Edition: 2005

Authors: Antonius C. G. M. Robben

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For decades, Argentina's population was subject to human rights violations ranging from the merely disruptive to the abominable. Violence pervaded Argentine social and cultural life in the repression of protest crowds, a ruthless counterinsurgency campaign, massive numbers of abductions, instances of torture, and innumerable assassinations. Despite continued repression, thousands of parents searched for their disappeared children, staging street protests that eventually marshaled international support. Challenging the notion that violence simply breeds more violence, Antonius C. G. M. Robben's provocative study argues that in Argentina violence led to trauma, and that trauma bred more…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 10/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Antonius C. G. M. Robben is Professor of Anthropology at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and past President of the Netherlands Society of Anthropology. His recent books are Cultures under Siege: Collective Violence and Trauma (edited with Marcelo Sufrez-Orozco, 2000) and Political Violence and Trauma in Argentina (2005).