Disappearing ActsIn Disappearing Acts, Diana Taylor looks at how national identity is shaped, gendered, and contested through spectacle and spectatorship. The specific identity in question is that of Argentina, and Taylors focus is directed toward the years 1976 to 1983 in which the Argentine armed forces were pitted against the Argentine people in that nations "Dirty War." Combining feminism, cultural studies, and performance theory, Taylor analyzes the political