Art Against Dictatorship: Making and Exporting Arpilleras Under Pinochet

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Index Agrupación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos (Association of Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared), 19, 54, 62, 74, 80. See also disappearances; relatives Allende, Salvador, 21, 31, 72 Anabella (interviewee), 56, 57, 58, 62, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 112, 113, 114, 115 Anastasia (interviewee), 27, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 55, 59, 60, 69, 100, 101, 110, 111, 114, 115, 116, 121, 122, 132, 133, 134, 214, 222, 228 Ariztía, Fernando, 41 arpillera groups, viii; formation of, 34, 35, 38, 47–60, 74–97; leaders of, 76–78, 85, 89–92, 99–102, 119, 129–140; meetings of, 3, 10, 17, 27, 98, 126–129; mixed groups, 85–86; obstacles, to joining groups, 37–39; of political prisoners, 86; of relatives of the disappeared, 61, 74–85; of rural women, 87; of unemployed women (talleres de cesantes), 2, 34–39, 54–60, 69–73, 87–96, 98–101, 114–115. See also arpillera makers; arpillera making; arpilleras; arpillera system arpillera makers: and awareness of social issues, 30, 31, 32, 48, 49, 58, 59, 85, 226–229, 233–235, 247–248, 251, 261, 263; and censorship, 86, 112–121, 215–218; and consequences of arpillera making, 220–237, 246–251, 262–267; and denunciation, 12, 50, 59, 110, 116, 119, 120, 135–138, 213–218, 220–223, 235, 264–267; and donations, 226; of eastern zone, 34–39, 54–60, 69–73, 74–85, 87–90, 98–101, 114, 115; exiles as, 2, 8; first arpillera makers, 26–73; and gender, 17, 96–97, 121–124, 168–169, 223–226, 228–229, 231–236, 247–251, 263–264; and income earning, 34, 35, 37, 54–73, 75, 76, 83, 86, 140, 223–226, 247; and informing the outside world, 220–223; of Isla Negra, 62–63; joining groups, 34–39, 54–60, 74–86, 87–97; and learning, 226–229; lives of, 26–33, 37, 92, 93; men, 2; and motherhood, 17, 35, 93–94, 121–125, 202–204, 222–226, 229–232; and motivations of, 17, 34–36, 55–59, 74–83, 86, 87, 93–94, 111, 138, 139; and political activities, 32, 33, 220–223, 238–242; and political prisoners, 2, 7, 86, 91, 96; and poverty, 26–33, 93–94, 96–97; and raising community awareness, 56, 85, 263; recruitment of, 54–60, 74–96; relatives of the disappeared, 2, 7, 11, 54, 61, 65, 74–86, 89, 91, 92, 116; and relaxation, 75, 76, 78–82, 229–232; and 292 Art Against Dictatorship arpilleras: components of, 86, 104–109, 117, 130–131; content of, 1, 2, 4–9, 12, 62, 63, 66, 82, 104, 110–121, 117–121, 135–137, 187, 196–204, 213–215; control over, 127–141, 215–218, 264–267; definition of, 1; demand for, 103, 264–267; denunciation in, 12, 110, 116, 119, 120, 135–138, 213–218, 220–223, 235, 264– 267; distribution network for, 88, 142–184, 264–267; earliest of, 54, 55, 65, 66, 71; emergence of, 26–75; evolution of, 9, 264–267; exhibitions, of, 12, 118, 144–146, 181–182, 213–215, 258; by exiles, 8, 9; exporting, ix, 12, 16, 146–153, 157–171, 181, 215–217; forerunners of, 60–68, 76, 79, 81, 85; and gender, 17, 96, 97, 100, 201–204; as gifts, 210–213; and human rights, 5, 8, 9, 86, 115; influences on, viii, 60– 73, 74–85, 90; and matters of form, 66, 67, 69–73, 80–82, 112, 113, 117, 118, 120, 264–267; by men, 9; and motherhood , 17, 121–125, 202–204, 222–226, 229–232; and numbers sold, 182–183; and orders for, 100–102, 110, 115–121, 129, 187, 188, 215–219, 264–267; by political prisoners, 7, 9, 86; postcards of, 4, 148–149; post-dictatorship, 9, 87, 264–267; prices of, 182–184; products, 4, 148, 149, 155, 264–266; progovernment , 218–219; raw materials for, 66, 67, 72, 73, 80, 81, 98–100, 104, 105; as records of the truth, 222, 244; by relatives of the disappeared, 7, 9, 65, 74–85, 107, 214–215; rules about, 71, 81, 113–119, 136–141, 264–266; by rural women, 8–9; symbolism in, 2, 6, 9; as symbols, 210–213, 245–246; by unemployed women, 4–5, 9, 69, 70–73, 98–121, 126–141, 264–267; workshops, 11, 54, 85–86; written messages, in 17, 86, 105, 106, 198–201...