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A powerful exploration of the gendered dimensions of subjugation and the many ways such violence has been rendered visible through literature. By bringing together post-dictatorial Chilean fiction, feminist theory and historical analysis, Carvajal prompts us to think in new ways about patriarchal control, militaristic culture, and how writing can become a tool of dissent. -Lisa Renee DiGiovanni, Keene State College, New Hampshire--Lisa Renee DiGiovanni Keene State College, New Hampshire Drawing on an impressive selection of texts that offer insight into the gendered nature of memory politics in post-dictatorship Chile, Palabra de Mujer explores and challenges the boundaries between dictatorship and post-dictatorship, fact and fiction, perpetrator and victim, offering a nuanced portrayal of the ways in which literary voices engage with the past. -Cara Levey, University College Cork, Ireland--Cara Levey University College Cork, Ireland

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This collection will be suitable for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers studying and working on memory cultures in Latin America, and more specifically, Chilean society and memory politics. Since this book approaches memory considering other disciplines such as literary and gender studies, it will also be of interest to students and scholars working across such disciplines.

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