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Honorable Mention, 2019 Distinguished Book Award, given by the Sex & Gender Section of the American Sociological Association Honorable Mention, 2019 Marysa Navarro Book Prize, given by the New England Council of Latin American Studies (NECLAS)A profound reflection on state violence and women’s survivalIn the 1970s and early 80s, military and security forces in Argentina hunted down, tortured, imprisoned, and in many cases, murdered political activists, student organizers, labor unionists, leftist guerrillas, and other people branded “subversives.” This period was characterized by massive human rights violations, including forced disappearances committed in the name of national security. State terror left a deep scar on contemporary Argentina, but for many survivors and even the nation itself, talking about this dark period in recent history has been difficult, and at times taboo. For women who endured countless forms of physical, sexual, and emotional violence in clandestine detention centers, the impetus to keep quiet about certain aspects of captivity has been particularly strong. In Surviving State Terror, Barbara Sutton draws upon a wealth of oral testimonies to place women’s bodies and voices at the center of the analysis of state terror. The book showcases poignant stories of women’s survival and resistance, disinterring accounts that have yet to be fully heard, grappled with, and understood. With a focus on the body as a key theme, Sutton explores various instances of violence toward women, such as sexual abuse and torture at the hands of state officials. Yet she also uses these narratives to explore why some types of social suffering and certain women’s voices are heard more than others, and how this can be rectified in our own practices of understanding and witnessing trauma. In doing so, Sutton urges us to pay heed to women survivors’ political voices, activist experiences, and visions for social change.Recounting not only women’s traumatic experiences, but also emphasizing their historical and political agency, Surviving State Terror is a profound reflection on state violence, social suffering, and human resilience—both personal and collective.

Women --- Victims of state-sponsored terrorism --- Crimes against

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"En plena dictadura chilena, un angustiado hombre llega a las oficinas de una revista de oposición. Es un agente de la policía secreta. Quiero hablar, dice, y una periodista prende su grabadora para escuchar un testimonio que abrirá las puertas de una dimensión hasta entonces desconocida. Siguiendo la hebra de esta escena real, Nona Fernández activa los mecanismos de la imaginación para acceder a aquellos rincones donde la memoria y los archivos no han podido llegar. ... Las historias de La dimensión desconocida, dice la narradora, 'siempre han estado pisándome los talones. Nací con ellas incorporadas en un álbum familiar que no elegí ni organicé.' Como en un episodio de aquella vieja serie televisiva, Nona Fernández construye un relato a partir de la mala conciencia de un personaje insondable, exponiendo e iluminando esa zona de locura y extravío que está mucho más cerca de lo que pensamos y que puede hacer de un ser humano una bestia."--Back cover. "In the midst of the Chilean dictatorship, an anguished man arrives at the office of an opposition journal. He is an agent of the secret police. He wants to talk, he says, and a reporter takes her recorder to listen to a testimony that will open the doors to a previously unknown dimension. Following the thread of this real scene, Nona Fernández activates the workings of the imagination to access those corners that memory and archives haven't been able to reach. ... The stories in La dimensión desconocida [The Unknown Dimension], says the narrator, 'have always been right on my heels. I was born with them integrated into a family album that I neither chose nor organized.' Like in an episode of that old television series, Nona Fernández constructs a tale starting from the bad conscience of an unfathomable character, exposing and illuminating that zone of madness and deviance that is much closer than we think and that can make a human being into a beast."--Back cover; cataloger's translation.

State-sponsored terrorism --- State-sponsored terrorism. --- Torturers --- Torturers. --- Victims of state-sponsored terrorism --- Victims of state-sponsored terrorism. --- 1900-1999. --- Chile --- Chile. --- History

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Mayas --- Indians of Central America --- Victims of state-sponsored terrorism --- Human rights --- Guatemala

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Families --- Family policy --- Victims of state-sponsored terrorism --- Families in literature --- Argentina