The uses of culture in the last Argentine dictatorship (1976-1983): from the post-dictatorship studies on repressive control to the most recent analyses on the construction of consensus

SCHENQUER, LAURA

LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES

University of California, Riverside

Lugar: Riverside, CA; Año: 2019 vol. XX p. 1 - 16

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Democratic governments are not the only ones that formulate political strategies to generate consensus. The last Argentine dictatorship (1976?1983) also developed cultural, educational, and communication policies to maintain and increase its support and to curb the opposition. However, these policies have not been studied, largely because of the prevalence of the image of the ?cultural blackout??the notion that the dictatorship?s project was simply repression and censorship. Examination of recently discovered official documents reveals the productive and creative character of the dictatorship´s cultural projects.** La revista LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES se encuentra indizada en Scopus y forma parte del directorio de revistas de Latindex y MIAR.