Abstract
This chapter explores the treatment of children in the context of the political developments that occurred in the Argentine Republic during the second half of the 1970s.1 In the following pages we analyze the use, abuse and meaning of children during the so called ‘dirty war.’ An aim of the chapter is to identify the socio-atmospheric conditions in which state sponsored abuse of children became an intrinsic part of the political discourse of the de facto military regime which ruled Argentina at the time.
Dedication To the memory of Juan Carlos Anzorena
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Suarez-Orozco, M.M. (1987). The Treatment of Children in the “Dirty War”: Ideology, State Terrorism and the Abuse of Children in Argentina. In: Scheper-Hughes, N. (eds) Child Survival. Culture, Illness and Healing, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3393-4_12
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