Memories and forgetfulness in Flávio Tavares

This article deals with some essential topics about the analysis of the memory of people who had experienced torture. In order to do this, I will use selected parts of the book Memórias do Esquecimento, from the journalist Flavio Tavares. Between prisons, torture and exiles, Tavares takes a step for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Cistia Nieto, Diego Porto Del
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
Repositorio:Literatura e Autoritarismo
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/74309
Acceso en línea:http://periodicos.ufsm.br/LA/article/view/74309
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Memory
Testimony
Torture
Military Dictatorship
Memória
Testemunho
Tortura
Ditadura militar
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Sumario:This article deals with some essential topics about the analysis of the memory of people who had experienced torture. In order to do this, I will use selected parts of the book Memórias do Esquecimento, from the journalist Flavio Tavares. Between prisons, torture and exiles, Tavares takes a step forward among testimonies about the period of the military dictatorship in Brazil (1964-1985), trying to understand and reflect about what has happened to him, searching for a meaning about this events and knowing the limits of this task. Another point to be mentioned is the interesting time fluctuation in which his written memories are built, alternating past and present continually.