Title: Pluralism Post-Terror: Representations of Black and Indigenous Argentines after the Last Military Dictatorship
Department: History
Description: This project will explore how Black and Indigenous Argentines have been represented since the last military dictatorship. The internal reckoning after terror and dictatorship allows Argentines to reconsider the nature of the Argentine nation and Argentine nationalism, and question who experiences national belonging. Regarding representation, the honors thesis will also analyze how Black and Indigenous Argentines are represented by themselves compared to representation by others.
This research will add to existing literature about national identity in Argentina. This project will incorporate many different sources of representation: political movements, journalism, theatre, music, television, humor, and other parts of popular culture. The nature of these primary sources allows the analysis to ground the representations of the Argentine nation in every day life rather than having the scholarship focus exclusively on theory.
Hometown: North Potomac, Maryland
Advisor: Richard Turtis
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