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Torture in Brazil
From 1964 until 1985, Brazil was ruled by a military regime that sanctioned the systematic use of torture in dealing with its political opponents. The catalog of what went on during that grim period was originally published in Portuguese as Brasil: Nunca Mais (Brazil: Never Again) in 1985. The volume was based on the official documentation kept by the very military that perpetrated the horrific acts. These extensive documents include military court proceedings of actual trials, secretly photocopied by lawyers associated with the Catholic Church and analyzed by a team of researchers. Their daring project—known as BNM for Brasil: Nunca Mais—compiled more than 2,700 pages of testimony by po...
Women, International Development
In the seven years since the first edition of this book, global attention has focused on some remarkable transitions to democracy on different continents. Unfortunately, those transitions have often failed to improve the situation of women, and democratic practices have not included women in government, homes, and workplaces. At the same time, non-governmental organizations have continued to expand a policy agenda with a concern for women, thanks to the Fourth World Congress on Women and a series of United Nations-affiliated meetings leading up to the one on population and development in Cairo in 1994 and, most important, the Beijing Conference in December 1995, attended by 50,000 people. Two new essays and a new conclusion reflect the upsurge of interest in women and development since 1990. An introductory essay by Sally Baden and Anne Marie Goetz focuses on the conflict over the term "gender" at the Beijing Conference and the continuing divisions between conservative women and feminists and also between representatives of the North and South.
Making Transnational Feminism
This ethnographic study examines the transnational relations among feminist movements at the end of the twentieth century, exploring two differently situated women’s organizations in the Northeast Brazilian state of Pernambuco. The conventional narrative of globalization tells the story of inexorable forces beyond the capacity of individuals to mute or transcend. But this study tells a different story, one of social actors purposefully weaving cross-border relationships. From this vantage point, global social forces are not immaculately conceived. Instead, they are constituted by human actors with their own interests and identities, located in particular social contexts. Making Transnational Feminism takes what some have called "global civil society" as its object, moving beyond both dire predictions and euphoric celebrations to understand how transnational political relationships are constructed and sustained across social and geographical divides. It also provides a compelling case study for use in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in globalization, gender studies, and social movements.
Women, Gender, and Politics
Six areas of research of the subjects of women, gender and politics are debated: social movements, political parties, elections, political representation, public policy, and the state.
Torture in Brazil
Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic Book From 1964 until 1985, Brazil was ruled by a military regime that sanctioned the systematic use of torture in dealing with its political opponents. The catalog of what went on during that grim period was originally published in Portuguese as Brasil: Nunca Mais (Brazil: Never Again) in 1985. The volume was based on the official documentation kept by the very military that perpetrated the horrific acts. These extensive documents include military court proceedings of actual trials, secretly photocopied by lawyers associated with the Catholic Church and analyzed by a team of researchers. Their daring project—known as BNM for Brasil: Nunca Mais—compil...
Where We Stand
The instant bestseller from Djamila Ribeiro that sparked a major Black feminist movement in Brazil In a society shaped by the legacies of enslavement, white supremacy, and sexism, who has the right to a voice? In this elegant essay, Djamila Ribeiro offers a compelling intervention into contemporary discussions of power and identity: the concept of “speaking place.” A crucial component of conversations on race and gender in Brazil, speaking place is the idea that everyone has a social position in the world and that what we are able to say, and how it is received by others, depends on it. Ribeiro traces the history of Black feminist thought through several centuries, examining the ways that Black women have been silenced, ignored, and punished for speaking. Building on feminist standpoint theory, and in conversation with the works of Sojourner Truth, bell hooks, Audre Lorde, and others, Ribeiro invites all of us to recognize where we stand, to imagine geographies different from those we’ve inherited, and to speak a more humane world into being.
Brazilian Propaganda
In Brazilian Propaganda, Nina Schneider examines the various modes of official, and unofficial, propaganda used by an authoritarian regime. Such propaganda is commonly believed to be political, praising military figures and openly legitimizing state repression. However, Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-1985) launched seemingly apolitical official campaigns that were aesthetically appealing and ostensibly aimed to "enlighten" and "civilize." Some were produced as civilian-military collaborations and others were conducted by privately owned media, but undergirding them all was the theme of a country aspiring to become a developed nation. Focusing primarily on visual media, Schneider demons...
The Brazilian Truth Commission
Bringing together some of the world’s leading scholars, practitioners, and human-rights activists, this groundbreaking volume provides the first systematic analysis of the 2012–2014 Brazilian National Truth Commission. While attentive to the inquiry’s local and national dimensions, it offers an illuminating transnational perspective that considers the Commission’s Latin American regional context and relates it to global efforts for human rights accountability, contributing to a more general and critical reassessment of truth commissions from a variety of viewpoints.
Poder constituinte e democracia
O livro Poder constituinte e democracia... contribui, de maneira didática, com informações detalhadas e reflexões diversas, importantes e, ainda até hoje, pouco divulgadas e conhecidas sobre os meandros, as articulações de bastidores utilizadas no Congresso Constituinte, de seus preparativos e de seu produto final: a Constituição Federal de 1988. Pedro Fassoni vai fundo no assunto, sem se deixar levar pelo grande entusiasmo da época, em que muitos grupos políticos e populares viam a Constituição como panaceia para resolver muitos de nossos males. Ao aprofundar suas pesquisas, enfatiza o significado histórico da participação dos movimentos sociais e populares na vida política. A leitura deste livro torna-se imprescindível e obrigatória. Não basta inscrever direitos na Constituição. É urgente efetivá-los. Amelinha Teles
Nova história das mulheres no Brasil
O que aconteceu com as mulheres no século XX e o que está acontecendo no XXI? Essas são questões que as autoras– pesquisadoras das áreas de História, Ciências Sociais, Educação e Direito, de todo o Brasil – respondem neste livro. Então, é uma obra de especialistas, feita para a universidade? Nada disso. Ou melhor, sim, mas não apenas. Destina-se a homens e mulheres que acreditam que compreender as relações sociais por meio da História contribui para melhorar o entendimento entre as pessoas. Estudantes, professores e pesquisadores se beneficiam de uma obra abrangente e atualizada sobre o assunto. Responsáveis por políticas públicas encontram aqui material para ajudar a executá-las. Ativistas, militantes de movimentos sociais, feministas e ONGs podem, com este livro, alicerçar melhor suas demandas. Jornalistas e profissionais das áreas do Direito, Saúde e Educação ganham subsídios para desenvolver com mais qualidade o seu trabalho. Um livro para todos os públicos.
