General & Miscellaneous Law, Journalism, South American History, Civil & Human Rights, Civil Rights Law, Media & Communications, Politics & Government - General & Miscellaneous, Latin America & the Caribbean - Politics & Government, Constitutional Law
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Overview
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.Book Details
Published
July 31, 1997
Publisher
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1997.
Pages
231
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780822939689