A forced agreement
Subtitle: press acquiescence to censorship in Brazil
By: Anne-Marie Smith.
Series: Pitt Latin American series
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Freedom of the press -- Brazil.; Censorship -- Brazil.; Journalism -- Political aspects -- Brazil.; Brazil -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-223) and index.