Le rapt des drapeaux : art et mémoire anti-autoritaire 60 ans après un coup d’État au Brésil

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  • Vinicius Oliveira Sanfelice UNIFESP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/errs.2025.707

Keywords:

Memory, Critique, Work of art, Flag, Imagination

Abstract

This article proposes a reflection on critical memory based on works of art created in an authoritarian political context. By analyzing “antiauthoritarian” works of art, this article poses the following question: how does Paul Ricœur’s reflection on the abuses of memory help us reflect on works of art that reappropriate national symbols to denounce the manipulation of the past? The political situation in Brazil combines abuses of violence and forgetting due to its dictatorial past and an amnesty devoid of memory or justice. Works of art help establish a relationship between personal memory and collective memory: we can emphasize their critical function of denunciation and testimony. The political and festive dimension of the works of art we will analyze highlights the manipulation of memory in Brazil.

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2025-10-01

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2025)

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Varia

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