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Author:

Atencio, Rebecca J., author.

Title:

Memory's turn : reckoning with dictatorship in Brazil / Rebecca J. Atencio.

Publisher:

The University of Wisconsin Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xviii, 170 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Dictatorship--Brazil--History--20th century.
Collective memory--Brazil.
Collective memory and literature--Brazil.
Human rights--Brazil--History--20th century.
Brazil--History--1964-1985.
Brazil--History--1985-2002.
Brazil--History--2003-
Collective memory.
Collective memory and literature.
Dictatorship.
Human rights.
Brazil.
Brazilië
Since 1900
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references ( pages 151-161) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the turn to memory in Brazilian culture and politics -- Testimonies and the amnesty law -- A prime-time miniseries and impeachment -- Literary and official truth-telling -- From torture center to stage and site of memory -- Conclusion: memory's turns and returns.

Series:

Critical human rights

ISBN:

0299297241 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780299297244 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)862222136

LCCN:

2013041210

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)