Identity, memory, and the search for the disappeared father from the perspective of two Guatemalan filmmakers

 

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Tác giả: Contreras, Ana Yolanda
Định dạng: artículo original
Trạng thái:Versión publicada
Ngày xuất bản:2024
Miêu tả:This article explores two Guatemalan films, Polvo [Dust] (2012) and Nuestras madres [Our Mothers] (2019), directed by Julio Hernández Cordón and César Díaz respectively. Both feature films denounce the gross human rights violations perpetrated by the dictatorship during the past Guatemalan armed conflict, as well as portray the search for disappeared parents or relatives and the consequences experienced by the victims. Therefore, the analysis centers on the children’s struggle to find their missing fathers to avoid living in an identity vacuum and to find closure to their long-standing suffering. On the other hand, this paper also analyzes the trauma and silence observed by the surviving mothers as a remnant of the fear/terror experienced by these women during the armed conflict. Moreover, this silence functions as a protection mechanism for their children. The analysis is theoretically supported by the extensive work carried out by the Uruguayan sociologist Gabriel Gatti on forced disappearance.
Quốc gia:Portal de Revistas UNA
Tổ chức giáo dục:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Ngôn ngữ:Español
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/19627
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/istmica/article/view/19627
Từ khóa:search for the disappeared
identity
memory
Guatemalan cinema
búsqueda de desaparecidos
identidad
memoria
cine guatemalteco