A Verdade Sufocada
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| Author | Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra |
|---|---|
| Language | Portuguese |
| Subject | Historical revisionism |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Published | 2006 by Editora Ser[1][2] |
| Publication place | Brazil |
| Pages | 541 |
| ISBN | 8586662607 |
A Verdade Sufocada - A História que a Esquerda não quer que o Brasil conheça(inEnglish:The Suffocated Truth - The story that the left does not want Brazil to know) (2006) is the secondmemoir[3]of the retiredcolonelof theBrazilian Army,Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra,the first Brazilian military man convicted of practicingtortureduring themilitary dictatorship in Brazil(1964-1985).[4]
The book presents Ustra's version of the left-wing armed struggle in Brazil during the military dictatorship, as well as recounting his experiences as head ofDOI-CODI,one of Organs executing agencies ofpolitical repression,in which opponents of the dictatorship weretortured and murdered.[5][6][7][8]According to Ustra and his family, the book was boycotted by bookstores at the time of release and the family needed to finance their print runs because of publishers' denials.[9]The book received attention after being quoted by Jair Bolsonaro during his vote for Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment in 2016.[10]In the weekly ranking of Folha de S.Paulo on June 4, 2016, the work was the sixth best-selling nonfiction book in Brazil.[9]In 2018, it reached its 14th edition.[10]The book received criticism from the academic world.Historiansandsociologistswarned of the book's unreliability as a historical document.[7]
The book[edit]
The book brings the military version of what happened during the dictatorship, with a greater focus on the attacks byleftistgroups during that period. He counted on the collaboration of the author's wife, who is a historian, giving focus to the context of theCold War.[10]
Criticism[edit]
ForUFPEsociology professor Luciano Oliveira, "as a history book, 'A Verdade Sufocada' is null. As a historical document, it serves a purpose: it is yet another confirmation that, within what I usually call modern sensibility, torture is an action that, regardless of its results, disgraces the person who employs it."[11]
Neusah Cerveira, PhD in Social History fromFFLCH/USP,draws attention to the absence of explicit bibliographic citations in the body of the text. She also says that "it is an extensive book, although superficial. With a strong title, but not very deep".[7]
Bibliography[edit]
- de Castro, Fernando Cibelli (2010)."A comunicação persuasiva como estratégia de controle da memória coletiva".PUCRS..
- Fernandes, Fabricio (2017)."As estratégias discursivas de perpetradores reflexões sobre a ditadura militar brasileira".ContraCorrente: Revista de Estudos Literários e da Cultura(2): 23–42.ISSN2525-4529.
- Santos, Clarissa Grahl dos (2014)."As esquerdas pelas direitas: memória sobre a luta armada e atuação política de direita em livros escritos por militares que atuaram em órgãos de repressão durante a ditadura civil-militar"(PDF).Anais do XV Encontro Estadual de História.Florianópolis:ANPUH-SC.
See also[edit]
- Torture Never Again
- List of people killed by and disappeared during the Brazilian military dictatorship
- Securing Sex
- Sérgio Paranhos Fleury
- Ternuma
- Vladimir Herzog
References[edit]
- ^Luciano (2006).A Verdade Sufocada: A Historia Que A Esquerda N~Ao Quer Que O Brasil Conheca(Portuguese ed.). Editora Ser.ISBN9788586662577.
- ^Ustra, Carlos Alberto Brilhante (2007).A verdade sufocada: a história que a esquerda não quer que o Brasil conheça(in Brazilian Portuguese). Brilhante Ustra.ISBN978-85-86662-60-7.
- ^Cardoso, Lucileide Costa (2011)."Os Discursos de Celebração da" Revolução de 1964 "".Revista Brasileira de História.31(62): 117–140.doi:10.1590/S0102-01882011000200008.
- ^"Juiz condena coronel Ustra por sequestro e tortura".Notícias do Conselho Federal da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil.10 October 2008.
- ^Camila Moraes (2015-10-15)."Brilhante Ustra, ícone da repressão da ditadura brasileira".El País.Retrieved2017-02-19.
- ^Cardoso, Lucileide Costa (1994)."Construindo a memória do regime de 64".Revista Brasileira de História.14(27): 179–196.
- ^abcCerveira, Neusah (2007)."Qual verdade?".Projeto História.34(1).PUC-SP:381–383.ISSN2176-2767.
- ^Grahl Santos, Clarissa (23 May 2017)."Das armas às letras: os militares e a constituição de um campo memorialístico de defesa à ditadura empresarial-militar"(in Spanish). Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.
- ^ab"Brilhante Ustra é o sexto autor de não ficção mais vendido do país".Folha de S. Paulo.2016-06-03.Retrieved12 February2017.
- ^abcUmpieres, Rodrigo Tolotti."Conheça o livro de cabeceira de Jair Bolsonaro:" A Verdade Sufocada "".infomoney.br.Archived fromthe originalon 2018-08-08.Retrieved2018-08-08.
- ^Oliveira, Luciano (2016-07-29)."Brilhante Ustra e a verdade mais uma vez sufocada".Revista Amálgama. Archived fromthe originalon 2017-05-18.Retrieved2017-04-20.
External links[edit]
- Official website– Homonymous blog maintained by Joseíta Brilhante Ustra, widow of the author