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Searching for memory : Aluízio Palmar and the shadow of dictatorship in Brazil / Jacob Blanc.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blanc, Jacob, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Palmar, Aluízio, 1943-.
- Palmar, Aluízio.
- Human rights workers--Brazil--Biography.
- Human rights workers.
- Torture victims--Brazil--Biography.
- Torture victims.
- Dictatorship--Brazil--History--20th century.
- Dictatorship.
- Human rights advocacy--Brazil.
- Human rights advocacy.
- Brazil--History--1964-1985.
- Brazil.
- Brazil--Politics and government--1964-1985.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- This biography of Brazilian journalist and activist Aluízio Palmar (b. 1943) tells the remarkable story of a revolutionary who, after surviving torture as a political prisoner during his country's military dictatorship in the 1960s and 1970s, would devote the second half of his life to investigating human rights abuses. With an eye to the intricacies of how Palmar has narrated his life across interviews, writings, and public engagement, Blanc offers an innovative window into how former activists view their place in history. Searching for Memory is a singular contribution to literature on dictatorship, memory, and oral history. It does more than just recount Palmar's life story. It is also a story about stories: how Palmar has told his own life history, why he has transformed his most traumatic memories into a public narrative, and the meanings of memory in the shadow of dictatorship.
- Contents:
- Life, history, and memory
- Childhood visions
- A shadow descends
- Taking up arms
- Prison, torture
- Prison, waiting
- Exile in Chile
- Exile in Argentina
- Transitions
- The search
- Memory in the time of impunity
- Conclusion. Out of the shadows.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 30, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Blanc, Jacob. Searching for memory.
- ISBN:
- 9781469681054
- 9781469681047
- 1469681048
- 9781469681078
- 1469681072
- 1469681056
- OCLC:
- 1523540012
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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