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"A very original work of fine scholarship, an excellent contribution to the literature on the Uruguyan experience. Its multidisciplinary appeal extends well beyond the study of Uruguay to scholars and students with interest in the histories and cultural realities of other Latin American nations, and even beyond that, to the fields of comparative politics and literature."--Deborah Jakubs, Chair, Council on Latin American Studies
List of contents
Editorial Note ix
As Seen from the Other Shore: Uruguayan Culture / Saul Sosnowski 1
The Role of the Political Parties in the Redemocratization of Uruguay / Edy Kaufman 17
The Social Imaginary: Utopian Political Myths in Uruguay / Juan Rial 59
The Decline and Fall of Democracy in Uruguay: Lessons for the Future / Martin Weinstein 83
The Dictatorship and Its Aftermath: The Hidden Wounds / Eduardo Galeano 103
Popular Music: Censorship and Repression / Leo Masliah 108
On Suffering, Song, and White Horses / Mauricio Rosencof 120
The Repression of Uruguayan Culture: A Response to the People's Response to the Crisis / Ruben Yanez 133
The Power of Memory and the Memory of Power / Carina Perelli 147
The Signs on the Table / Amanda Berenguer 162
From Silence to Eloquence: Critical Resistance or the Ambivalent Aspects of a Discourse in Crisis/ Lisa Block de Behar 178
On Spatial and Temporal Exile: Expatriation and Prison Life / Hiber Contneris 190
The Silences of Culture / Jose Pedro Diaz 196
Fiction and Friction in the Imaginative Narrative Written inside Uruguay / Teresa Porzecanski 213
Postdictatorship, Democracy and Culture in the Uruguay of the Eighties / Hugo Achugar 225
Redemocratization, Culture, Return from Exile (Is It Possible to Go Home Again?) / Alvar Barros-Lemez 239
Uruguay, Inside and Out / Jorge Ruffinelli 251
Contributors 257
About the author
Saul Sosnowski is Professor of Latin American Studies and Director of the Office of International Programs at the University of Maryland.
