Struggle for the Past

Elizabeth Jelin is a Senior Researcher at the National Council for Scientific Research (CONICET) and the Institute of Economic and Social Development (IDES) in Buenos Aires. A foundational figure in the development of Memory Studies as a discipline, she is the author of numerous books, of which several have been translated into English.

• List of IllustrationsIntroductionChapter 1. Perspectives on the Past: Conflictive and Never-EndingChapter 2. Building a Research Field: Memory and Gender in Latin American Social SciencesChapter 3. Explorations, Certainties, and Uncertainties: The Human Rights Movement and Building Democracy in ArgentinaChapter 4. Markers of Memory: Dates, Places, ArchivesChapter 5. Victims, Relatives, or Citizens? Whose Voices are Legitimate Enough?Chapter 6. Sexual Abuse as a Crime against Humanity and the Right to PrivacyChapter 7. Taking the Floor: Testimonial Voices over TimeChapter 8. Memory—for what? Towards a More Democratic FutureBibliography