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A Forced Agreement: Press Acquiescence to Censorship in Brazil
Contributor(s): Smith, Anne-Marie (Author)

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 ISBN: 0822956217     ISBN-13: 9780822956211
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
OUR PRICE: $47.50  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 1997
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Civil Rights
- History | Latin America - South America
- Political Science | Censorship
Dewey: 323.445
LCCN: 97-4624
Series: Pitt Latin American
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.79 lbs) 240 pages
 
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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 "self-censorship."
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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