Circle of Love Over Death: The Story of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
by Matilde Mellibovsky translated by Maria Proser and Matthew Proser
Northwestern University Press, 1997 Paper: 978-1-880684-38-2 Library of Congress Classification HV6322.3.A7M4513 1997 Dewey Decimal Classification 323.490982
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
In Circle of Love Over Death, Matilde Mellibovsky documents the testimonies of mothers whose children were stripped from them in Argentina during the turbulent 1970s. She not only describes the personal anguish of families over the torture, death or "disappearance" of their children, but also shows how the women gave emotional support to each other and the way in which, since 1976, they slowly but surely organized and built an international movement.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Matilde Mellibovsky is one of the founding Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and currently lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Maria Proser was an Argentine translator and activist. She and her husband, Matthew, a professor of English at the University of Connecticut, collaborated on a number of Spanish to English translations. Maria died in 2018. She is survived by Matthew, who lives in Eastern Connecticut.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Antonio Elio Brailovsky
The Need for a Book
Arriving at the Plaza
Chapter 1: The Children
Let Those Who Want to Hear, Listen
Testimonies:
Poema Gardella de Akerman
Lola Weinschelbaum de Rubino
María Adela Gard de Antokoletz
Lidia Miy Uranga de Almeida
Chapter 2: The Mothers Confront the Disappearances
I Want to Mine the Earth until I Find You
Testimonies:
Elida Busi de Galletti
Esther Aracela Lado de Sanchez
Chapter 3: The Search and the Wait
Let Them Give Us Hope . . .
Testimonies:
Carmen Robles de Zurita
Fanny Brener de Bendersky
Enriqueta Maroni
Chapter 4: The Mothers Go to the Plaza
A Circle of Love
Testimonies:
Marta Vázquez
Angelica P. Sosa de Mignone
Josefina Gandolfi de Salgado
Chapter 5: The Struggle and the Dictatorship
What Else Is There to Do, What Else Is There to Try? We Were Born Again. . . .
Testimonies:
Carmen Aguiar de Lapaco
Carmen Isabel Rodino de Cobo
Gladys Castro de Lepiscopo
Chapter 6: Democracy Arrived
One Waited Full of Hope
Testimonies:
Ilda Irrustita de Miccuci
Sara Silver de Brodsky
Alicia Rivarola de Cárdenas
Chapter 7: The Mothers Today
Why Do We Continue the Circle?
Testimony of Maria Isabel Choborik de Mariani
Testimonies:
Elena Dubrovsky de Pasik
Matilde Saidler de Melibovsky
Epilogue
Notes: Names & Terms
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Circle of Love Over Death: The Story of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
by Matilde Mellibovsky translated by Maria Proser and Matthew Proser
Northwestern University Press, 1997 Paper: 978-1-880684-38-2
In Circle of Love Over Death, Matilde Mellibovsky documents the testimonies of mothers whose children were stripped from them in Argentina during the turbulent 1970s. She not only describes the personal anguish of families over the torture, death or "disappearance" of their children, but also shows how the women gave emotional support to each other and the way in which, since 1976, they slowly but surely organized and built an international movement.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Matilde Mellibovsky is one of the founding Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and currently lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Maria Proser was an Argentine translator and activist. She and her husband, Matthew, a professor of English at the University of Connecticut, collaborated on a number of Spanish to English translations. Maria died in 2018. She is survived by Matthew, who lives in Eastern Connecticut.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Antonio Elio Brailovsky
The Need for a Book
Arriving at the Plaza
Chapter 1: The Children
Let Those Who Want to Hear, Listen
Testimonies:
Poema Gardella de Akerman
Lola Weinschelbaum de Rubino
María Adela Gard de Antokoletz
Lidia Miy Uranga de Almeida
Chapter 2: The Mothers Confront the Disappearances
I Want to Mine the Earth until I Find You
Testimonies:
Elida Busi de Galletti
Esther Aracela Lado de Sanchez
Chapter 3: The Search and the Wait
Let Them Give Us Hope . . .
Testimonies:
Carmen Robles de Zurita
Fanny Brener de Bendersky
Enriqueta Maroni
Chapter 4: The Mothers Go to the Plaza
A Circle of Love
Testimonies:
Marta Vázquez
Angelica P. Sosa de Mignone
Josefina Gandolfi de Salgado
Chapter 5: The Struggle and the Dictatorship
What Else Is There to Do, What Else Is There to Try? We Were Born Again. . . .
Testimonies:
Carmen Aguiar de Lapaco
Carmen Isabel Rodino de Cobo
Gladys Castro de Lepiscopo
Chapter 6: Democracy Arrived
One Waited Full of Hope
Testimonies:
Ilda Irrustita de Miccuci
Sara Silver de Brodsky
Alicia Rivarola de Cárdenas
Chapter 7: The Mothers Today
Why Do We Continue the Circle?
Testimony of Maria Isabel Choborik de Mariani
Testimonies:
Elena Dubrovsky de Pasik
Matilde Saidler de Melibovsky
Epilogue
Notes: Names & Terms
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