{"product_id":"a-mothers-cry-9780822347187","title":"A Mothers Cry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA memoir recounting a familys efforts to locate and free a young Brazilian activist arrested, imprisoned, and tortured by the military dictatorship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Mother’s Cry\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a Brazilian mother who, while living in the United States in the 1960s, learns by mail of her son’s kidnapping by agents of Brazil’s military regime. Without immediate means to locate her son, there is ‘only’ his grandmother in Brazil to initially confront the dictatorship’s atrocity establishment. The stuff of a great film, \u003ci\u003eA Mother’s Cry\u003c\/i\u003e juxtaposes their efforts to secure the young man’s release with his strategies for surviving brutalizing physical and potentially spirit-breaking torture. This great book joins the yet unconnected literatures on human agency, big and small, that run from the Holocaust, to Argentina’s mothers and grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, to Cambodian survivors of S-21 prison, to recent accounts of CIA rendition victims. This impressive book is must reading.”—\u003cb\u003eMartha K. Huggins\u003c\/b\u003e, Tulane University\u003cbr\u003e“A family’s chance descent into the indignities of Brazil’s military dictatorship is uncompromisingly recorded in nearly a decade of letters penned across continents; so too is the inextinguishable hope to set free a son, grandson, and brother. Arbitrarily imprisoned, brutally tortured, and subsequently whisked abroad to safety, Marcos P. S. Arruda would then face years of difficult rehabilitation. His is the tale of many a political prisoner; but, fortunate to escape with his life, he has ever since borne witness against the oppression, corruption, and brutality of authoritarian regimes, their supporters, and their protectors the world over.”—\u003cb\u003eRalph Della Cava\u003c\/b\u003e, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e“... this tale of mother and son brings to light a never to be forgotten break in Brazil’s long-standing history of democracy.” -- Linda S. Maier * Bulletin of Latin American Research *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Mother’s Cry\u003c\/i\u003e should rank among the foremost publications of the testimonial genre and is suitable for a broad, interdisciplinary audience interested in human rights, resistance, and social justice.” -- Cathy Marie Ouellette * History *\u003cbr\u003e“This work provides ample detail of the tortures inflicted by the OBAN secret police…This book is a memorable and highly readable human story and source that has gained a new relevancy since its publication.”  -- Philip Evanson * The Americas *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e A Political Chronology of the Brazilian Military Dictatorship (1964–85) xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The Personal and the Political under the Brazilian Military Regime \/ James N. Green 1\u003cbr\u003e We Must Never Forget: A Memoir \/ Lina Penna Sattamini 19\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Beginning 21\u003cbr\u003e 2. Operation Bandeirante 23\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Military Hospital 26\u003cbr\u003e 4. Incommunicado 32\u003cbr\u003e 5. Our First Visit 36\u003cbr\u003e 6.. Still Imprisoned 40\u003cbr\u003e 7. Transferred to Rio 48\u003cbr\u003e 8. Solitude 62\u003cbr\u003e 9. Support in the United States 68\u003cbr\u003e 10. My Return to Brazil 71\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Saga Continues 77\u003cbr\u003e 12. Anguish 85\u003cbr\u003e 13. Despair 92\u003cbr\u003e 14. Freedom 95\u003cbr\u003e 15. Exile 100\u003cbr\u003e 16. Protest 104\u003cbr\u003e 17. Recovery 108\u003cbr\u003e 18. Continuing the Struggle 112\u003cbr\u003e 19. Another Martyr of the Dictatorship 120\u003cbr\u003e 20. In Search of a Permanent Visa 122\u003cbr\u003e 21. Returning Home 128\u003cbr\u003e 22. Never Forgetting 133\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: No Path for the Righteous Traveler \/ Marcos P. S. Arruda 137\u003cbr\u003e Editor's Postscript \/ James N. Green 175\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 177\u003cbr\u003e Index 181","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534990999895,"sku":"9780822347187","price":102.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822347187.jpg?v=1755858514","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-mothers-cry-9780822347187","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}