The ironic photography during the military dictatorship in Argentina: an weapon against the power

Authors

  • Cora Edith Gamarnik Carrera de Ciencias de la Comunicación, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2013v9n14p173

Keywords:

Argentina’s history, Argentinian photojournalism, Argentine military dictatorship, Ironic photography.

Abstract

Ironic photography was historically a field with great possibilities for social criticism with a dose of humour. This paper examines how, in Argentina, during the last military coup (1976-1983), these type of images became an effective tool for to denunciation. To ridicule those in power and skip the barriers of what could not besaid of censorship, undermining the consensus, the terror and the indiference that the military regime had been able to create.

Author Biography

Cora Edith Gamarnik, Carrera de Ciencias de la Comunicación, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Doctoranda en Ciencias Sociales pela Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Profesora regular adjunta de Ciencias de la Comunicación en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

Published

2013-04-17

How to Cite

Gamarnik, C. E. (2013). The ironic photography during the military dictatorship in Argentina: an weapon against the power. Discursos Fotograficos, 9(14), 173–197. https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-7939.2013v9n14p173

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