Resumen

GONZALEZ-PIZARRO, Sergio. THE DEAD OF MONTT SQUARE. THEY ARE IMAGINARY FOLLOWING THE WORKFORCE MASSACRE OF 21STMAY 1907 IN THE HARBOR OF IQUIQUE. Diálogo Andino [online]. 2018, n.55, pp.29-41. ISSN 0719-2681.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0719-26812018000100029.

The society of the Chilean pampas located in the Atacama Desert Atacama -during the development of the nitrate expansion cycle- lived limiting situations in different moments, where its inhabitants faced the possibility to die, such as in some strikes becoming labour massacres. It is analysed here the one that is known as “Santa María de Iquique ”, that happened on 21 December, 1907, and the persistence of its memory. Imaginary that arose from that labour massacre is analysed: the face of death, the importance of the tragedy, the destination of the dead people (the cemetery, the mass grave and the mausoleum) and their significance.

Palabras clave : Memory; labour massacre; faces of death; significance; cemetery..

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