Addressing Silences, Taboos, and Margins

Abstract

Building on the contributions analyzed in Chapter 2, the films and the novel discussed below go even farther beyond the traditional narratives on the dictatorship. The directors and the author, also children of desaparecidos, problematize memory and narratives that neither capture their experience nor respond to their concerns, and demonstrate how timely disagreement can contribute to the revitalization of collective memory. Their challenging attitude toward established narratives triggered the kind of passionate intergenerational debate so crucial for active transmission.