| Once@9:53am: Terror in Buenos Aires Contributor(s): Stavans, Ilan (Author), Brodsky, Marcelo (Photographer), Stavans, Ilan (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 0271077182 ISBN-13: 9780271077185 Publisher: Penn State University Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Nonfiction - General - History | Latin America - South America - Religion | Judaism - General |
| Dewey: 741.598 |
| LCCN: 2016021582 |
| Series: Dimyonot |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.8" W x 10.2" (1.00 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At 9:53 on the morning of July 18, 1994, a suicide bomber drove a Renault Trafic van loaded with explosives into the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, a Jewish community center in the bustling commercial neighborhood of Once, Buenos Aires. The explosion left eighty-five people dead and over three hundred wounded. Originally published in Spanish amid widespread controversy, Once@9:53am: Terror in Buenos Aires imagines the two hours before the attack through the popular format of the fotonovela. Part documentary, part fiction, this vivid retelling of Argentina's deadliest bombing depicts a vibrant, complex urban community in the hours before its identity was forever changed. This expanded English edition includes a new essay by Ilan Stavans detailing the aftermath of the attack and the faulty investigations that have yet to yield any arrests or reach resolution. A unique and powerful visual experience, Once@9:53am is both a commemoration of an atrocity that shifted Latin American Jewish identity in innumerable ways and an ingenious use of a popular format to explore the dangerous intersection of politics and religion in Latin America. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stavans, Ilan: - Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and the publisher of Restless Books. His books include On Borrowed Words (2001) and Quixote: The Novel and the World (2015). He is the general editor of The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature. Stavans, Ilan: - Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College and the publisher of Restless Books. His books include On Borrowed Words (2001) and Quixote: The Novel and the World (2015). He is the general editor of The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature.Brodsky, Marcelo: - Marcelo Brodsky trained at the International Center of Photography, Barcelona. He is a member of the Buena Memoria human rights organization and the Pro-Monument to the Victims of Terrorism Commission. |