FOR-GET Identity, Media, and Democracy in Chile

by Bucciferro, Claudia

• ISBN13: 9780761858959
• ISBN10: 0761858954
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-03
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

The election of Michelle Bachelet, the first female president of Chile, brought to the public sphere topics such as gender, inequality, and the legacy of seventeen years of military rule. Former dictator Augusto Pinochet instructed Chileans to for-get and move on, but this is complicated because individual and collective identities are anchored in memory and articulated through discourse. What happens to a nation and its people when the obliged referent of their recent history is one that hardly anyone wants to address? This book reveals the incongruity between what current media say about Chilean identity and what most people experience, showing the tensions that prevail within a society that is also quickly changing due to globalization. The author engages with the old dichotomy between agency and structure, proposing a new model for understanding identity from an intercultural perspective.

Author Biography

Claudia Bucciferro has a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Colorado at Boulder arid an M.A. in linguistics, as well as degrees in communication and journalism from the University of Concepcin, Chile. She is a visiting assistant professor at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.

Table of Contents

Prologue: The Project's Origin	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction: Notes on Methodology	p. xv
Theorizing About Identity and Discourse	p. 1
Identity, Memory, and the Shared Past	p. 27
Tradition, Roles, and Women's Identity	p. 55
Class, Identity, and the 2010 Earthquake	p. 87
National Identity in a Global World	p. 121
Epilogue: The Rise to Power of the Political Right	p. 151
Bibliography	p. 169
References to Chilean Media Articles	p. 181
Index	p. 187
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