Ephemeral Histories: Public Art, Politics, and the Struggle for the Streets in Chile
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520289919 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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These popular political strategies were developed under democracy, only to be reimagined under the Pinochet dictatorship. Politics under Salvador Allende was a battle fought in the streets. Urban art might only last a few hours or a day before being torn down or painted over, but such activism allowed a wide range of city dwellers to participate in the national political arena. Santiaguinos marched through the streets chanting slogans, seized public squares, and plastered city walls with graffiti, posters, and murals. Ephemeral Histories places urban conflict at the heart of Chilean history, exploring how marches and protests, posters and murals, documentary film and street photography, became the basis of a new form of political change in Latin America in the late twentieth century.. Everyday attempts to “ganar la calle” allowed a wide range of urban residents to voice potent political opinions
From the Inside Flap"Bold and original, built upon repeated acts of disciplinary transgression, Ephemeral Histories is a remarkable work of historical recuperation. From graffiti and photography to architecture and urban planning, Trumper's range is astonishing. Bringing the physical space of Santiago--its streets and walls, its homes and neighborhoods--into sharp relief, Trumper reveals the array of forms, places, and everyday practices through which politics was made public in the turbulent eras of Allende and Pinochet. Rarely has the promise of interdisciplinarity been so vividly realized."— Raymond Craib, author of The Cry of the Renegade: Politics and Poetry in Interwar Chile
"This is the best book on Chile I have read in a long" according to L H J Muller. This is the best book on Chile I have read in a long time. I recommend it to readers interested in Latin American History. I especially want to remind the viewers of this review of the importance of remembering Sept 11 and the events in Chile on that date.