Confronting the 'Dirty War' in Argentine Cinema, 1983-1993: Memory and Gender in Historical Representations »

Argentina's 'Dirty War' in films made after the advent of democracy in 1983.

Illustrations

Introduction 1

1 In focus: on film and history, national cinema and mourning work 11

2 Revisiting Third Cinema: its legacy and derivations in Argentine national cinema 38

3 Remnants of the Dirty War: on the policial, the political thriller and the paramilitary thriller 72

4 Gendering history: the Dirty War in women's cinema 110

5 Metaphoric representations of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship 155

Conclusion 192

Appendix Synopses of films discussed 199

Bibliography 209

Filmography 221

Index 225