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Torture in Brazil : a shocking report on the pervasive use of torture by Brazilian military governments, 1964-1979 / secretly prepared by the Archdiocese of São Paulo ; translated by Jaime Wright ; edited with a new preface by Joan Dassin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Catholic Church. Archdiocese of São Paulo (Brazil).
- Series:
- Special publication of the Institute of Latin American Studies, the University of Texas at Austin.
- ILAS special publication
- Standardized Title:
- Brasil, nunca mais. English
- Language:
- English
- Portuguese
- Subjects (All):
- Torture--Brazil.
- Torture.
- Political persecution--Brazil.
- Political persecution.
- Brazil--Politics and government--1964-1985.
- Brazil.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 238 p. )
- Edition:
- 1st University of Texas Press ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press : Institute of Latin American Studies, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Punishment
- Torture Classes: Guinea Pig Prisoners
- Modes and Instruments of Torture
- Torture of Children and Women
- Medical Assistance to Torture
- pt. 2. The Repressive System
- The Origins of the Military Regime
- The Consolidation of the Authoritarian State
- The History and Legal Structure of the Repressive System
- How Suspects Were Detained
- pt. 3. Against Everything and Everybody
- A Profile of Repression
- Against Leftist Organizations
- Against Targeted Social Groups
- Against "Subversion"
- pt. 4. Distortion of the Law
- The Nature of Judicial Proceedings
- Six Sample Cases
- pt. 5. "This Is Where Hell Is ..."
- The Houses of Horror
- The Consequences of Torture
- Deaths under Torture
- The Disappeared.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Vintage Books, 1986.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-27508-4
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