%0 Journal Article %T Literatura y poder: Sobre la potencia del testimonio en Am¨¦rica Latina %A Rodr¨ªguez Freire %A Ra¨²l %J Atenea (Concepci¨®n) %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-04622010000100007 %X the primary objective of this paper is to give an account of the usefulness/uselessness of the definition of testimonial narrative, and to signal its origins or emergence dating from the nineteen sixties. on the other hand, i show that the pretension of seeking its genealogy in colonial chronicles and discourses is to misunderstand its function. finally, from writings of giorgio agamben, i propose a different way to read latin american testimonial narrative. %K testimonio %K archive %K truth. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-04622010000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en