Forced Agreement, A (Paperback)
Press Acquiescence to Censorship in Brazil
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Latin American Series
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9780822956211
Published: 15th July 1997
Script Academic & Professional
Series: Pitt Latin American Series
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9780822956211
Published: 15th July 1997
Script Academic & Professional
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During much of the military regime in Brazil (1964-1985), an elaborate but illegal system of restrictions prevented the press from covering important news or criticizing the government. In this intriguing new book, Anne-Marie Smith investigates why the press acquiesced to this system, and why this state-administered system of restrictions was known as \u201cself-censorship.\u201d Smith argues that it was routine, rather than fear, that kept the lid on Brazil's press. The banality of state censorship-a mundane, encompassing set of automatically repeated procedures that functioned much like any other state bureaucracy-seemed impossible to circumvent. While the press did not consider the censorship legitimate, they were never able to develop the resources to overcome censorship's burdensome routines.
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