/Volver a los 17/: Resistance and Memory in Chilean Art and Literature since 1973
In the climate of fear and violence that characterized Chilean society after the military coup of 1973, many artists continued their work of radical imagination and clear-eyed witness. In this course we will consider the ways that artists in Santiago and beyond responded to the brutality and limited freedoms of dictatorial rule. We will look to painting, performance, and video, as well as folk art, film, and literature in exploring the role of cultural production as both on-the-ground dissent and reparative memory work, taking Chile’s local politics and its grim realities during the 1970s and 80s as ground for a case study in the transformative role that art can play under extreme socio-political circumstances.