TY - BOOK ID - 2658230 TI - A Forced Agreement : Press Acquiescence to Censorship in Brazil PY - 1997 VL - *5 SN - 0822956217 058506721X 0822974908 PB - University of Pittsburgh Press DB - UniCat KW - Freedom of the press KW - Brazil KW - Censorship KW - Journalism KW - Political aspects KW - Politics and government KW - 20th century KW - Freedom of the press - Brazil. KW - Censorship - Brazil. KW - Journalism - Political aspects - Brazil. KW - Writing (Authorship) KW - Literature KW - Publicity KW - Fake news KW - Book censorship KW - Books KW - Literature and morals KW - Anticensorship activists KW - Challenged books KW - Expurgated books KW - Intellectual freedom KW - Prohibited books KW - Law and legislation KW - Censorship. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:2658230 AB - 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. ER -