Concealing Memories and Representation of Violence within Institutional Truth: The Photographic Record of Semana on Paramilitary Violence in Colombia (1988-1989 / 1997-1999)
The aim of this work is to implement analytical tools that help to describe the institutional truth on paramilitary violence in Colombia. As a case study, we have chosen the institutional truth contained in the photographic record the Semana magazine published on this phenomenon during years 1988-19...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2010-01-01
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| Series: | Universitas Humanística |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/article/view/2288/1607 |
| Summary: | The aim of this work is to implement analytical tools that help to describe the institutional truth on paramilitary violence in Colombia. As a case study, we have chosen the institutional truth contained in the photographic record the Semana magazine published on this phenomenon during years 1988-1989 and 1997-1999. Our analysis suggests this kind of records informs an institutional truth abstracting victims’ suffering by using two concealing memories: 1) paramilitary violence is exerted against subversion, and 2) anonymous victims are a necessary cost to pay to win war. These concealing memories continuously repeated stimulates the social model that identifies with the primeval father and makes room for continuous scapegoating. |
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| ISSN: | 0120-4807 2011-2734 |