Cry for me, Argentina

by Annette H. Levine

"Cry for Me, Argentina is an interdisciplinary study that draws on Latin American, literary, trauma, performance, and cultural studies to analyze the narrative of three Argentine women writers/activists - Aida Bortnik, Griselda Gambaro, and Tununa Mercado - whose work reveals the traumatic repercussions of the Dirty War (1976-83) and cultivates a narrative space for working through the impact of the era: the terrible losses of human life (30,000 disappeared individuals), the breakdown of civil liberties, and the ongoing struggles these problems have perpetuated." "Dr. Levine argues that the work of all three authors emphasizes the imperative to restore the dialogical principal obliterated by repressive authoritarian regimes. By doing so within their narrative, they cultivate a performative space in which they incite the reader to participate in the process of mourning, working toward social justice and healing."--BOOK JACKET.