Uruguayan Post-dictatorial Documentary: Traumatic Memory, Affects, and Emotions Elizabeth G. Rivero 9783032152428

Uruguayan Post-dictatorial Documentary: Memory, Affects, and Emotions analyzes how twelve Uruguayan documentaries from the re-democratization period harness the affective potential of film to inscribe the traumatic dictatorial past (1973-1985), construct memory discourses through which to interpret it, and engage spectators. This book fills a significant gap in the study of Southern Cone documentary film. Whereas critics have predominantly focused on Argentine and Chilean post-dictatorial productions, analyses of comparable works from Uruguay remain scarce. Furthermore, it offers an original approach by foregrounding affects as a crucial element in the production of knowledge about the dictatorial past and its impact on the present.

Elizabeth G. Rivero is a Professor of Spanish at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Her field of expertise is Southern Cone literature and culture, and her main areas of research are post-dictatorial Uruguayan literature and film, memory studies, and ecocriticism. Her book Espacio y nacion en la narrativa uruguaya de la posdictadura (1985-2005) was published by Editorial Corregidor (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in 2011. She is also co-editor of the volume The Image of the River in Latin/o American Literature (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2017).