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Competing Discourses in Argentina's Dirty War: The Junta, The Madres de Plaza de Mayo, and León Gieco

Becker, Elizabeth A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1284394753

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2010, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, History.
This thesis attempts to define three discourses from the time period of the Argentine Dirty War. Where the Junta attempted to define Argentina in terms of who were, who were not, and who could be “good” Argentine citizens, their discourse was contested by several actors. The investigation focused on television and film propaganda presented by the Junta, the newsletters produced by the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, and songs by León Gieco. All sources were analyzed from discursive and performative perspectives. It was found that The Madres de Plaza de Mayo, an outspoken and reactionary human rights group, responded with a discourse of justice made applicable to all Argentines regardless of their conformity to the expectations and doctrines of the Junta. León Gieco, a musician of rock nacional, defined an “us” that included all Argentines and placed them in juxtaposition to the Junta. The results of the research indicated that the Madres and Gieco contested the Junta’s discourse and performance of exclusion with discourse and performance that served to represent all Argentines. Given these discourses of inclusion, a resistance was formed to the Junta, challenging the impression of a silent populace during that time
Amílcar Challú, PhD. (Committee Chair)
Stephen Ortiz, PhD. (Committee Member)
E. Ernesto Delgado, PhD. (Committee Member)
147 p.
Latin American History; Womens Studies
discourse; Leon Gieco; Madres de Plaza de Mayo; Mothers of the Disappeared; discourse analysis; Junta; Argentina; Dirty War

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  • Becker, E. A. (2010). Competing Discourses in Argentina's Dirty War: The Junta, The Madres de Plaza de Mayo, and León Gieco [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1284394753

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Becker, Elizabeth. Competing Discourses in Argentina's Dirty War: The Junta, The Madres de Plaza de Mayo, and León Gieco. 2010. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1284394753.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Becker, Elizabeth. "Competing Discourses in Argentina's Dirty War: The Junta, The Madres de Plaza de Mayo, and León Gieco." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1284394753

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