Art Against Dictatorship : : Making and Exporting Arpilleras Under Pinochet / / Jacqueline Adams.
Art can be a powerful avenue of resistance to oppressive governments. During the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile, some of the country’s least powerful citizens—impoverished women living in Santiago’s shantytowns—spotlighted the government’s failings and use of violence by creating and sell...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Solidarity Art
- 2 Beginnings Unemployment and Joining Groups
- 3 The First Arpillera Groups
- 4 Arpillera Making in Other Groups and Its Spread
- 5 Producing the Arpilleras
- 6 Selling Arpilleras
- 7 The Buyers Abroad
- 8 Selling, Giving, and Exhibiting Arpilleras in Chile
- 9 The Consequences of Arpillera Making
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index