Documenting Diaspora, Diasporising Memory: Memory and Mediation among Chilean and Uruguayan Hijxs del exilio

Addressing the absence of second‐generation exiles from Southern Cone post‐dictatorship memory scholarship, this paper compares two documentaries: Hora Chilena, about the British‐Chilean community and Tus padres volverán, depicting Uruguayan exiles across Europe – both made by and/or about the no re...

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Published in:Bulletin of Latin American research 2023-04, Vol.42 (2), p.189-203
Main Author: Levey, Cara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diaspora
Dictatorship
documentary
Exile
Memory
post‐dictatorship
second‐generation
Southern Cone
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Summary:Addressing the absence of second‐generation exiles from Southern Cone post‐dictatorship memory scholarship, this paper compares two documentaries: Hora Chilena, about the British‐Chilean community and Tus padres volverán, depicting Uruguayan exiles across Europe – both made by and/or about the no retornadxs (those who did not return to their countries of origin after dictatorship). The paper deploys documentary to offer a nuanced depiction of the hijxs del exilio (children of exile), finding them to be distinct to both the protagonist generation and their second‐generation peers in the Southern Cone. By incorporating neglected voices and reframing post‐dictatorship memory in Europe, the paper challenges memory narratives about second‐generation exile.
ISSN:0261-3050
1470-9856
DOI:10.1111/blar.13335