Searching for Life: The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo and the Disappeared Children of Argentina
FROM THE BOOK:"I want to touch you and kiss you.""You are my mother's sister and only one year older; you must have something of my mother in you."—A found child after being returned to her family\ Searching for Life traces the courageous plight of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a group of women who challenged the ruthless dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983. Acting as both detectives and human rights advocates in an effort to find and recover their grandchildren, the...
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"An acute and impassioned observer, Rita Arditti describes Argentina's 'dirty war' years and the heroic struggle of a group of Argentine grandmothers who set out, against all odds, to trace the whereabouts of their disappeared children and grandchildren. Admirably comprehensive, Searching for Life reminds us how ordinary citizens can stand up to tyranny and prevail. Even today, the evidence collected by this tenacious group of detectives has led to the arrest of one of the military junta leaders, General Jorge Videla. The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo are truly the unsung heroes of our time."—E ric Stover, Director, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley"The power of RIta Arditti's Searching for Life lies in its thorough, incontrovertible information, and the irrefutable condition of historical truths. Her book is living, faithful and incorruptible monument that protects us against the dangers of forgetting. Her account is an indispensable weapon for those of us who have been protagonists, and as a way to awaken those who were spectators and those who have opted for the comforts of blindness."—Alicia Kozameh, author of Steps Under Water
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAcronymsIntroduction11Not Just One More Coup72The Fall of the Regime313The Grandmothers Organize504From Terror to Resistance795Finding the Children1026Captive Minds, Captive Lives1257A New Strategy: The Right to Identity1448The Politics of Memory159Afterword171App. 1Biographical Sketches of Grandmothers Interviewed173App. 2Declaration of Principles and Affidavit of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo187Notes189Bibliography215Index227
