Books and censorship in Brasilia during the Militay Dictatorship (1964-1985)

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https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.1809-4783.2020v30n3.52231

Abstract

Censorship is always present in authoritarian governments and in the Brazilian Military Dictatorship it served as a means of persecution of books. The moral censorship was carried out mainly by the Divisão de Censura de Diversões Públicas and political censorship was carried out after the publication of the books, due to the lack of legal provision. The present work sought to identify and analyze the cases of moral and political censorship in the city of Brasília, based on an exploratory and descriptive research of a qualitative and quantitative nature, with documentary research done in archives, in the materials generated by the repressive organs and with the realization interview and sending questionnaires to people who witnessed or experienced censorship cases. Several cases of seizure of books have been identified, occurring since the beginning of the military regime, with emphasis on the burning of books by firefighters from the Distrito Federal. The repression of books in Brasilia was intense and constant, even physically torturing a local editor.

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Raphael Diego Greenhalgh, Universidade de Brasília

Pós-doutorando pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Informação da Universidade Federal Fluminense, com supervisão do Prof. Dr. Carlos Henrique Juvêncio. Doutor em Ciência da Informação pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB) e bibliotecário do Setor de Obras Raras da Biblioteca Central da UnB desde 2008. Vencedor do Prêmio Capes de Teses de 2015 e bolsista Capes para pós-doutoramento.

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2020-09-29

How to Cite

Greenhalgh, R. D. (2020). Books and censorship in Brasilia during the Militay Dictatorship (1964-1985) . Informação & Sociedade, 30(3), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.1809-4783.2020v30n3.52231

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Vol. 30 No. 3 (2020)

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Artigos de Revisão

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