{"product_id":"cultural-residues-1","title":"Cultural Residues","description":"\u003cp\u003eA complex portrait of postdictatorial Chile by one of that country’s most incisive cultural critics, this book uses memoirs, photographs, the plastic arts, novels, and other texts—the “residues” of a culture—to analyze the political-cultural Chilean landscape in the wake of Augusto Pinochet’s seventeen-year military rule. Such residual areas reveal the flaws and lapses in Chile’s transition from violent military dictatorship to electoral democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNelly Richard's analysis ranges from an exploration of false memories of the recent past—especially memories of violence—to a discussion of the university under neoliberalism; from debates about the use of the word “gender” to an examination of refractory texts and cultural activities such as Diamela Eltit’s “testimonio” of a schizophrenic vagabond, Eugenio Dittborn’s use of photography in art installations, and transvestite performances. In \u003ci\u003eCultural Residues\u003c\/i\u003e, each instance becomes a suggestive metaphor for understanding a rapidly modernizing Chile attempting to re-democratize its public life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nelly Richard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615407956348,"sku":"9780816636426","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/missing-cover_ff9958e1-498f-43f3-8525-facbf4c0a792.jpg?v=1746711434","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/cultural-residues-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}