Stories and memories of the recent past in Uruguay: thirty years of debates

• Published in: Caravelle (1988) Vol. 104; pp. 133 - 152
• Main Author: Montaño Allier, Eugenia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 01-01-2015
• Subjects: Dictatorship; Discourse; History; Memory; Military and politics; National commemoration; National identity; Regime transition; Uruguay
• ISSN: 1147-6753

ABSTRACT IN SPANISH: Hace años que las ciencias sociales reconocen la importancia del recuerdo en países que han conocido pasados recientes violentos. Uruguay, salido de la dictadura cívico-militar en 1985, ha conocido múltiples momentos y transformaciones en las memorias sobre ese pasado. En este artículo se analizan e «historizan», en primer lugar, esas memorias. Y en segundo término, se revisan las formas en que este pasado reciente ha sido historizado. // ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: For many years, social sciences have been aware of souvenir's importance in those countries which have known a violent recent past. Uruguay, emerging from a civic and military dictatorship n 1985, has gone through several periods and transformations concerning the memories related to this recent past. First of all, in this article we analyze and give them a historical dimension. Then we examine the forms which permitted this recent past to acquire such a dimension. Reprinted by permission of Presses Universitaires du Mirail