Visual testimonies of atrocity: Archives of political violence in Chile and Guatemala

Journal of Visual Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-419

  Gómez Barris, MacArena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

art and politics; Chile; cultural memory; Guatemala; political violence; visual testimony; witness

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650842598     PISSN: 14704129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470412910380345     Document Type: Review

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