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"It is actually good that you draw this story": Histories and Stories from Colombia in Camilo Aguirre's What Remains “It is actually good that you draw this story”: historias e historia de Colombia en What Remains de Camilo Aguirre

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Abstract

This article analyzes What Remains: Personal and Political Histories of Colombia by Camilo Aguirre through the lens of documentary comics as characterized by Nina Mickwitz and Hillary Chute. It explores Aguirre's extensive efforts to preserve the memory of union organizations, which began with works like Ciervos de bronce. The study examines how this perspective enables a reinterpretation of Colombian history, highlighting the personal, familial, and physical repercussions that leadership roles in unions might have entailed in the past, as well as the implications of advocating for rights in the present day.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)91-100
Number of pages10
JournalRevista de Estudios Colombianos
Volume63
Issue number63
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 10 2024

Keywords

  • Colombia
  • Testimony
  • comics
  • memory
  • unions

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