Popular Power, Oral History, and Collective Memory in Contemporary Chile

TitlePopular Power, Oral History, and Collective Memory in Contemporary Chile
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsFranck Gaudichaud
JournalLatin American Perspectives
Volume36
Issue5
Pagination58-71
ISSN0094-582X, 1552-678X
Abstract

Chile’s collective memory has been brutalized by state-implemented terrorism. This historical process has resulted in, among other things, a “torn collective memory.” The history and memory of the period of so-called popular power (1970—1973) continue to be largely unknown. Oral history allows us to begin a slow process of historical reconstruction as well as to reflect on the construction of militant memories.

URLhttp://lap.sagepub.com.libproxy.cc.stonybrook.edu/content/36/5/58
DOI10.1177/0094582X09341976