¿Quién me ha entregado la dictadura como herencia? Una revisión de las genealogías confusas en la literatura de los hijos del Cono Sur
Who Has Left Me the Dictatorship as an Inheritance? A Review of Confusing Genealogies in literatura de los hijos of the Southern Cone

Summary/Abstract: The focus of this article will be put on literatura de los hijos [literature of sons and daughters], phenomenon that usually encompasses the writings of authors who lived their childhood and/or teenage years under the dictatorships in Chile (1973-1990) and Argentina (1976- 1983). Likewise, this category could be applied to the literary productions of the generation that experienced the civil-military regime in Uruguay (1973- 1985). In this literary phenomenon, the condition of being hijo can be understood, on the one hand, literally – through family ties with the parents – and, on the other, as a symbolic category, relative to the dictatorial politics that influenced the lives of children as a result of their involvement in state institutions – for example, school – or the involvement of their relatives with or against the dictatorship. In fact, both interpretative keys point to the problem of double inheritance – both of family and national histories – passed from generation to generation, which hijos are facing at the moment. Under these coordinates, the present text proposes a review of possible approaches to the problem of (a)filiation and inheritance in literatura de los hijos of the Southern Cone.

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