The history of the military dictatorship in a Parallel Brazil

Abstract

The internet has expanded the possibilities of use, production and consumption of the past. In this context, some  uses of the Military Dictatorship history have polemicized aspects of this historical process, aiming reviewing or refuting previous interpretations about the regime. A kind of revisionism has been presenting itself as a strategy to soften the memory of the regime, seeking to make the Dictatorship something acceptable and necessary in the history of Brazil. One of these uses was analyzed in this work, the audiovisual production ”1964: O Brasil entre Armas e Livros” (1964, 2019) by Brasil Paralelo Productions. In this article, this production is analyzed in order to observe how the elements present in the revisionist discourse aim to be adhered by the general public. To carry out the analysis, we take as reference the concepts of Narrative and Historical Culture (Rüsen, 2007; Rüsen, 2015), and also the concept of political myth (Girardet, 1987). From this analysis, we show how the production formulates a line of historical representation permeated by a specific concept of historical truth, spreading myths and distortions about this past.