Uncanny Memories, Violence and Indigenous Medicine in Southern Chile

On 11 September 1973, General Augusto Pinochet and his junta replaced the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende with a military regime. This regime lasted until 1990, when democracy was again introduced in Chile. What happened during these years, especially to the political opponents...

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Published inRemembering Violence p. 63
Main Author Dorthe Brogaard Kristensen
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Berghahn Books 15.12.2009
EditionNED - New edition, 1
Subjects
Anatomy
Anthropology
Applied anthropology
Behavioral sciences
Biological sciences
Biology
Cognitive psychology
Concept of mind
Consciousness theory
Cultural anthropology
Digestive system
Diseases
Folk beliefs
Folk culture
Folkloristics
Gastrointestinal tract
Health care industry
Health sciences
Human behavior
International politics
International relations
Magic
Medical conditions
Medical practice
Memory
Metaphysics
Monopsychism
Philosophy
Philosophy of mind
Political science
Political violence
Politics
Psychology
Soul
Stomach
Symptoms
Torture
Upper gastrointestinal tract
Violence
Witchcraft
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Summary:On 11 September 1973, General Augusto Pinochet and his junta replaced the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende with a military regime. This regime lasted until 1990, when democracy was again introduced in Chile. What happened during these years, especially to the political opponents of the military regime, is a subject that has only recently been discussed publicly in Chile. The topic of state violence became part of a public discussion in connection with the publication of a governmental report on 28 November 2004, which was written on the basis of 35,000 testimonies given to theComisión Sobre Prisión Política
ISBN:085745627X
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