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Abstract
This book review aims to provide a broad reflection on (An)Archive: Childhood, Memory, and Cold War, highlighting its theoretical and methodological relevance for the study of past childhoods and childhood studies in general. It emphasizes the innovative approach of creating an alternative public archive, as well as the compelling focus on constructing collective memories through biographical narratives situated in various geographies and time periods influenced by the Cold War.
Keywords:
- memory,
- childhood,
- Cold War,
- archive
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Biographical note
Fira Chmiel is a sociologist (UdelaR, Uruguay) with a master’s in discourse analysis and a PhD in social sciences (UBA, Argentina). She is a postdoctoral fellow of the National Research Council (Argentina) based at the Universidad de San Martín. She is currently working on the links between materialities, memories, and remembered childhoods, taking as a case the experiences of exile during the last Uruguayan dictatorship. Email: firach@gmail.com
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