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rhs91's review against another edition
3.0
Very good assessment of personal tales from the Pinochet era, however, I am unsure if I like or agree with the metaphor of a "memory box." Nonetheless, this was a very interesting read and those that are interested in human rights, historical memory, or politics in Latin America should give this one a go.
dude_watchin_with_the_brontes's review against another edition
3.0
I'm still shaken from just having finished the book. It was assigned for a class, but I'm glad I read it. It helps make sense of different "emblematic memories" (frameworks and archetypes of memories) not just of the dictatorship and repression in Chile, but universally, from memories/memorials of the Holocaust to individuals' personal familial traumas and crises. Would recommend.
I'm sort of caught between 3 and 4 stars because it was very interesing, informative and insightful, but it could get really repetitive. The concluding chapter, for example, could have been half as long. In fact, the repetitiveness sometimes made my mind wander, so I would miss new concepts hidden in a page and a half of review, and have to re-read.
I'm sort of caught between 3 and 4 stars because it was very interesing, informative and insightful, but it could get really repetitive. The concluding chapter, for example, could have been half as long. In fact, the repetitiveness sometimes made my mind wander, so I would miss new concepts hidden in a page and a half of review, and have to re-read.
mirandagabrielle's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
3.25
ashleyclubb's review against another edition
4.0
The interpretation of memory was incredible. But the fact that this is a trilogy does not want me to continue reading. So much!
ellythehuman's review against another edition
5.0
Y'all this was great. Steve J. Stern looks at Chilean memory of General Pinochets successful coup on Sept. 11, 1973 and the political violence that was used to suppress perceived enemies. I think we tend to assume that bc it was so violent that the obvious memory should be "wow that was terrible." But as Stern writes, memory is very contentious. He introduces us to actual people and how they remembered what happened. Some saw the coup as the country's salvation, some saw it as a rupture, others are haunted by the persecution they endured, and some are indifferent bc opening the memory box means confronting very harsh and violent realities. The ending is very theory heavy so be aware.
noemi's review
3.0
I'm still shaken from just having finished the book. It was assigned for a class, but I'm glad I read it. It helps make sense of different "emblematic memories" (frameworks and archetypes of memories) not just of the dictatorship and repression in Chile, but universally, from memories/memorials of the Holocaust to individuals' personal familial traumas and crises. Would recommend.
I'm sort of caught between 3 and 4 stars because it was very interesing, informative and insightful, but it could get really repetitive. The concluding chapter, for example, could have been half as long. In fact, the repetitiveness sometimes made my mind wander, so I would miss new concepts hidden in a page and a half of review, and have to re-read.
I'm sort of caught between 3 and 4 stars because it was very interesing, informative and insightful, but it could get really repetitive. The concluding chapter, for example, could have been half as long. In fact, the repetitiveness sometimes made my mind wander, so I would miss new concepts hidden in a page and a half of review, and have to re-read.
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