This work examines the cultural impact of photography in Argentina following the end of the country's military dictatorship in the early 1980s. The interpretive study surveys nine modern photographers in Argentina--Marcelo Brodsky, Gabriel Valansi, Eduardo Gil, Gaby Messina, Adriana Lestido, Gabriel Diaz, Marcos Lopez, Silivio Fabrykant and Gabriela Liffschitz--and covers the major themes in each of their works. The author details each photographer's cultural and artistic contributions and provides a listing of the websites where their works can be viewed.

David William Foster is Regents' Professor of Spanish and Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe.

Table of Contents


Preface     


1. Photography and Memory in Marcelo Brodsky's Buena memoria     

2. Gabriel Valansi: Neoliberal Nights in Buenos Aires     

3. La Grande Patria in Lower Case: Eduardo Gil's Photography in (argentina)     

4. Gaby Messina's Grandes mujeres: Photographing Senior Women     

5. Women's Society in Prison: Adriana Lestido's Mujeres presas     

6. Gabriel Díaz's Muertes menores: Buenos Aires Street Children     

7. Argentine Kitsch: The Photography of Marcos López     

8. Argentine Masculinities: Silvio Fabrykant's Hombres     

9. Defying the Masculinist Gaze: Gabriela Liffschitz's Recursos humanos     


Appendix: Photographer Websites     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index