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The Muffled Cries. The Writer and Literature in Authoritarian Brazil, 1964-1985.
Nancy T. Baden
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Description for The Muffled Cries. The Writer and Literature in Authoritarian Brazil, 1964-1985.
Hardback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
The Muffled Cries presents a multidisciplinary, historical, overview of the role of the writer and literature during Brazil's military dictatorship between 1964 and 1985. Nancy T. Baden brings together numerous sources, including personal interviews, periodicals, and books translated into English for the first time, to expose the ironies, subtleties, and complexities of the Brazilian cultural milieu under authoritarianism. She explores Brazilian fiction and poetry within this historical framework, in order to portray the role of the writer within the cultural context based on self-perception and the views of others. Baden also examines the official and unofficial controls imposed by the ... Read more
The Muffled Cries presents a multidisciplinary, historical, overview of the role of the writer and literature during Brazil's military dictatorship between 1964 and 1985. Nancy T. Baden brings together numerous sources, including personal interviews, periodicals, and books translated into English for the first time, to expose the ironies, subtleties, and complexities of the Brazilian cultural milieu under authoritarianism. She explores Brazilian fiction and poetry within this historical framework, in order to portray the role of the writer within the cultural context based on self-perception and the views of others. Baden also examines the official and unofficial controls imposed by the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761814207
SKU
V9780761814207
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About Nancy T. Baden
Nancy T. Baden is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at California State University, Fullerton.
Reviews for The Muffled Cries. The Writer and Literature in Authoritarian Brazil, 1964-1985.
...the most far-reaching and profound study on censorship in Brazilian literature focusing on the 1964-1985 period.
Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna, Brazilian poet and critic Baden's book adds to the literature on the already recognized theme 'literature of the dictatorship,' the subject of university courses treating military rule as reflected in culture and literature.
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Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna, Brazilian poet and critic Baden's book adds to the literature on the already recognized theme 'literature of the dictatorship,' the subject of university courses treating military rule as reflected in culture and literature.
CHOICE
'The Muffled Cries' ... Read more