This new edition of Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love, updated for students, includes a reaction to the death of General Pinochet, a chronology of Chile, many testimonies from arpilleristas in their own words, and an introduction by Peter Kornbluh. It retains a section of full-color plates of arpilleras, an afterword by Peter Winn, and a foreword by Isabel Allende. Students and interested readers will find the arpilleras beautiful, moving, and ultimately hopeful, and the testimonies a powerful way to learn about the history of contemporary Latin America and the arpillera movement in Chile.

Foreword Chronology of Chile, 1941-2006 Introduction Part I: Art as Witness Chapter 1: The Texture of Memory Chapter 2: Returning to the Shadows Chapter 3: A Journey to the South Chapter 4: Weaving My Story Part II: Testimonies, 1973-1994 Chapter 5: Violeta Morales Chapter 6: Valentina Bonne Chapter 7: Anita Rojas Chapter 8: Irma Muller Chapter 9: Mother of Augustin A. Martinez Meza Chapter 10: Doris Meniconi Lorca Chapter 11: Gala Jesus Torres Aravena Part III: Testimonies, 2005-2006 Chapter 12: Viviana Diaz Caro Chapter 13: Gala Torres Aravena Chapter 14: Maria Madariaga and Patricia Hidalgo Chapter 15: Charo Henriquez Chapter 16: Adriana Rojas Afterword Epilogue

Tapestries of Hope, Threads of Love tells the story of ordinary women living in terror and extreme poverty under General Pinochet's oppressive rule in Chile (1973–1989). These women defied the military dictatorship by embroidering their sorrow on scraps of cloth, using needles and thread as one of the boldest means of popular protest and resistance in Latin America. The arpilleras they made—patchwork tapestries with scenes of everyday life and memorials to their disappeared relatives—were smuggled out of Chile and brought to the world the story of their fruitless searches in jails, morgues, government offices, and the tribunals of law for their husbands, brothers, and sons. Marjorie Agosín, herself a native of and exile from Chile, has spent more than thirty years interviewing the arpilleristas and following their work. She knows their stories intimately and knows, too, that none of them has ever found a disappeared relative alive. Even though the dictatorship ended in 1989 and democracy returned to Chile, no full account of the detained and disappeared has ever been offered. Still, many women maintain hope and continue to make arpilleras, both in memory and as art. This new edition of the book, updated for students, includes a reaction to the death of General Pinochet, a chronology of Chile, several new testimonies from arpilleristas in their own words, and an introduction by Peter Kornbluh. It retains a section of full-color plates of arpilleras, an afterword by Peter Winn, and a foreword by Isabel Allende. Students and interested readers will find the arpilleras beautiful, moving, and ultimately hopeful, and the testimonies a powerful way to learn about the history of contemporary Latin America and the arpillera movement in Chile.

Foreword Chronology of Chile, 1941–2006 Introduction Part I: Art as Witness Chapter 1: The Texture of Memory Chapter 2: Returning to the Shadows Chapter 3: A Journey to the South Chapter 4: Weaving My Story Part II: Testimonies, 1973–1994 Chapter 5: Violeta Morales Chapter 6: Valentina Bonne Chapter 7: Anita Rojas Chapter 8: Irma Muller Chapter 9: Mother of Augustín A. Martínez Meza Chapter 10: Doris Meniconi Lorca Chapter 11: Gala Jesús Torres Aravena Part III: Testimonies, 2005–2006 Chapter 12: Viviana Díaz Caro Chapter 13: Gala Torres Aravena Chapter 14: María Madariaga and Patricia Hidalgo Chapter 15: Charo Henríquez Chapter 16: Adriana Rojas Afterword Epilogue