When the Silenced Became the Voice: Argentina’s Military Dictatorship and the Fight for Memory and Justice
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Subject Area
History
Description
Brigid McEvoy ’23
Majors: History and Spanish
Minors: Business and Innovation and Latin American Studies
Faculty Mentor: Fr. David Orique, History and Classics
This thesis analyzes the culture of silence under the Argentinian military dictatorship from 1976-1983. By looking at mechanisms of institutionalized violence and fear, I illustrate how the culture of silence impacted everyday societal function and human relationships. Furthermore, I argue that the years of state-enforced, obligatory silence and totalitarian terror directly contributed to conflicting accounts of memory and the hindrance of justice in the post-dictatorial years. The resulting polarized society of dichotomies and paradoxes was defined by those who wanted to rupture the silence and those who maintained it, creating gray areas in the pursuit of an objective truth.
Publisher
Providence College
Academic Year
2022-2023
Date
4-26-2023
Type
Presentation
Format
Video
.mov
Language
English
