Contentious lives : two Argentine women, two protests, and the quest for recognition
Examines the ways popular protests are experienced and remembered by those who participate in them. This book focuses on the roles of two young women, Nana and Laura, in uprisings in Argentina. It offers discussions of resistance and the combined effects of globalization, neoliberal economic policies, and political corruption in Argentina.
Case studies
xv, 230 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
9780822331285, 9780822331155, 0822331284, 0822331152
50942026
The day before the pueblada : a town on the edge
Laura's life : "how did I fall so far"
Being-in-the-road : insurgent identities
After the road : contentious legacies
The lived 1993 : the coming and making of the explosion
The lived sixteenth : the feast and the remains of the riot
Nana's life : "thirty-six years of crap"
Contested memories