{"product_id":"a-lexicon-of-terror-argentina-and-the-legacies-of-torture-revised-and-updated-with-a-new-epilogue-9780199744695","title":"A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture, Revised and Updated with a New Epilogue","description":"Tanks roaring over farmlands, pregnant women tortured, 30,000 individuals \"disappeared\"--these were the horrors of Argentina's Dirty War. A \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year and Finalist for the L.L. Winship \/ PEN New England Award in 1998, \u003cem\u003eA Lexicon of Terror \u003c\/em\u003eis a sensitive and unflinching account of the sadism, paranoia, and deception the military junta unleashed on the Argentine people from 1976 to 1983. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis updated edition features a new epilogue that chronicles major political, legal, and social developments in Argentina since the book's initial publication. It also continues the stories of the individuals involved in the Dirty War, including the torturers, kidnappers and murderers formerly granted immunity under now dissolved amnesty laws. Additionally, Feitlowitz discusses investigations launched in the intervening years that have indicated that the network of torture centers, concentration camps, and other operations responsible for the \"desaparecidas\" was more widespread than previously thought. \u003cem\u003eA Lexicon of Terror \u003c\/em\u003evividly evokes this shocking era and tells of the long-lasting effects it has left on the Argentine culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarguerite Feitlowitz\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Literature at Bennington College. Her many awards include two Fulbright Fellowships to Argentina and a Mary Ingram Bunting Fellowship in Nonfiction.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51830464577810,"sku":"9780199744695","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c48113cb-7436-4973-bb99-d4dc05cdfc1b.jpg?v=1767002690","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-lexicon-of-terror-argentina-and-the-legacies-of-torture-revised-and-updated-with-a-new-epilogue-9780199744695","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}