{"product_id":"disputed-pasts-forgetting-and-remembering-the-dictatorship-in-brazil-hardback-9781477334072","title":"Disputed Pasts; Forgetting and Remembering the Dictatorship in Brazil (Hardback) 9781477334072","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDisputed Pasts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eForgetting and Remembering the Dictatorship in Brazil\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCristina Buarque de Hollanda (Author), José Szwako (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477334072, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 July 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.595 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Beautifully written in engaging fast-paced prose, this in-depth study of the fight for truth and justice in the aftermath of Brazil's military regime is mandatory reading for anyone interested in the human rights movement and its impact on contemporary Brazilian society. Based on oral histories and a careful reading of multiple sources, \u003ci\u003eDisputed Pasts\u003c\/i\u003e offers a sophisticated analysis about how civil society, government bureaucrats, international institutions, and other allies persisted in promoting a set of memories related to the dictatorship that faced constant pushback from defenders of the military regime, who first insisted on forgetting the nation's recent past and then attempted to officialize their own version of the country's history.\" - James N. Greene, Brown University, coauthor of the third edition of \u003ci\u003eBrazil: Five Centuries of Change\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Emancipation can come through memory if the past becomes a counterexample to transcend. But memory can also haunt, when it is a source of longing, nostalgia, and revival. The afterlives of Brazil's twenty-year dictatorship have served diverse kinds of actors and different visions of politics, and this superb reconstruction is an excellent guide to their ambiguous deployments.\" - Samuel Moyn, Yale University, author of \u003ci\u003eLiberalism against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the memory of military dictatorship shapes Brazil's political divides and the far-right's rise.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrazil's military dictatorship ended in 1985, but its history still looms large over the country. Since the restoration of democracy, national politics have been shaped by heated contestation over the dictatorship's legacy. Cristina Buarque de Hollanda and José Szwako examine how the state, the military, and civil society have variously mourned, celebrated, and suppressed memories of Brazil's violent past—and to what ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the dictatorship faltered under pressure from the opposition in the streets and in Congress, popular opinion favored democracy, which often meant forgetting. Today, the Brazilian left contends that the past has been silenced, paving the way for Jair Bolsonaro and the far right. Yet the past has been intensely contested: media outlets, social movements, and official commissions have long documented the dictatorship and spurred reparations. \u003ci\u003eDisputed Pasts\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the conservative ascendency is a reaction to these efforts of remembrance. The right seeks to rehabilitate the violent past by discrediting victims and elevating the dictatorship's anti-communist ideology. Far from forgetting the past, Bolsonaro and Bolsonarismo actively remember and celebrate it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part I: Forgetting \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Scenes, Alliances, and Actors at the Roots of the Transition \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. The “\u003cbr\u003eMean-Spirited”\u003cbr\u003e Amnesty and Platforms of Forgetting \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. From Forgetfulness to Publicity: Fear, Hope, and Punishment in the 1980s \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part II: Remembering \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Toward the Special Commission on Political Dead and Disappeared: Steps and Countersteps in Remembering the Past \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. The Political Roots of the Memory Turn: The Amnesty Commission and the Enduring Barriers to Remembering \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part III: Celebrating \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. Politics and Policies of Remembering: The National Truth Commission and Commissionism \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. Human Rights in Dispute: Celebrating the Violent Past \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Abbreviations and Acronyms \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Timeline \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cast of Characters \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591022244120,"sku":"9781477334072","price":30.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/disputed-pasts-forgetting-and-remembering-the-dictatorship-in-brazil-hardback-9781477334072","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}