{"product_id":"we-cannot-remain-silent-9780822347354","title":"We Cannot Remain Silent","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA history of the U.S. grassroots campaign against torture in Brazil, and the ways those efforts helped to create a new discourse about human-rights violations in Latin America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For American audiences who ask why Brazil matters, Brown University history professor James N. Green answers with an extensive study of a country ruled by law absent of habeas corpus and filled with unspeakable torture. Green highlights both the U.S. government’s complicity in the 1964 coup that overthrew a reform-minded president and the decades long efforts of American activists and Brazilian exiles to unmask the horror.” - John Pantalone, \u003ci\u003eProvidence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWe Cannot Remain Silent\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to Brazilian scholarship. . . . Yet its value goes well beyond the field of Brazilian history. Green’s study reminds Latin Americanists of the importance of looking beyond the geographical boundaries of authoritarian nation-states when analyzing opposition movements. For U.S. scholars, his work provides insight into an oft-overlooked aspect of American responses to military regimes in Latin America. . . . Green’s balanced integration of scholarship and resources from both Brazil and the United States provides a useful model for transnational history. . . . [V]arious contributions make Green’s work an important and enjoyable study for scholars throughout the Americas.” - Colin Michael Snider, H-LatAm, \u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWe Cannot Remain Silent \u003c\/i\u003emakes a substantial contribution, both methodologically and theoretically, to understanding the role of aesthetics and emotions in framing and resource mobilization processes. It is also an important example of the use of oral histories in studying the construction of activist identities. In addition, the book provides methodological elements in the analysis of affinity networks and frame convergence that can be used in other social movement case studies.” - Ana Margarida Esteves,\u003ci\u003e Mobilization\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“James N. Green provides a volume that in itself is an exemplar of\u003cbr\u003ehistorical presentation in that he provides multiple perspectives. He also\u003cbr\u003ecreated innovative narrative strategies that carry the reader along with\u003cbr\u003epleasure through a long and richly detailed history.” - Edward L. Cleary, \u003ci\u003eA Contracorriente\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWe Cannot Remain Silent\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book that deserves to be read by a wide audience. Human rights activists, Latin American specialists, and students of U.S. foreign relations can learn much from Green’s analysis of the campaign to end human rights abuses in Brazil. This book makes a strong case that global social activism can make a difference in ways that are sometimes unpredictable and hard to fathom except in retrospect.”\u003cbr\u003e - Stephen M. Streeter, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWe Cannot Remain Silent\u003c\/i\u003e is an exemplary piece of historical research that simultaneously performs an act of recuperation and interpretation. James N. Green’s gripping study not only discloses an aspect of (U.S.-based) opposition to the Brazilian military regime that had previously gone largely unacknowledged, but also demonstrates how a transnational approach to this history can reveal and reconstitute a series of narratives that are crucial for understanding the politics of this era.”—\u003cb\u003eBarbara Weinstein\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eFor Social Peace in Brazil: Industrialists and the Remaking of the Working Class in São Paulo, 1920–1964\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWe Cannot Remain Silent\u003c\/i\u003e is the most complete and comprehensive analysis ever made of the multiple paths and confluences among the political and cultural resistance in Brazil and the United States after the military coup d’état in Brazil in 1964. Based on new sources and a broad range of interviews, James N. Green reveals unexpected coalitions, introduces new actors, and tells fascinating human stories. His book is obligatory reading and a tool for reaching the truth about the background of torture and political killings carried out during twenty-one years of military dictatorship. It is essential for understanding the struggle for human rights in Brazil then and now.”—\u003cb\u003ePaulo Sérgio Pinheiro\u003c\/b\u003e, Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Organization of American States\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWe Cannot Remain Silent\u003c\/i\u003e provides a new understanding of the development of human rights discourses in Brazil and the Americas. Working with a range of sources, both oral and written, James N. Green shows how a small group of activists in the educational and religious spheres successfully created a transnational space for changing U.S. policy toward Brazil’s military dictatorship and, with it, the systematic torture of political activists. This book challenges the traditional understanding of political opposition in Latin America during the sixties and seventies. In doing so, \u003ci\u003eWe Cannot Remain Silent \u003c\/i\u003eopens up new methodological vistas toward all post–World War II dictatorships.”—\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Lesser\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eA Discontented Diaspora: Japanese Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960–1980\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWe Cannot Remain Silent \u003c\/i\u003emakes a substantial contribution, both methodologically and theoretically, to understanding the role of aesthetics and emotions in framing and resource mobilization processes. It is also an important example of the use of oral histories in studying the construction of activist identities. In addition, the book provides methodological elements in the analysis of affinity networks and frame convergence that can be used in other social movement case studies.” -- Ana Margarida Esteves * Mobilization *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWe Cannot Remain Silent\u003c\/i\u003e is an important book that deserves to be read by a wide audience. Human rights activists, Latin American specialists, and students of U.S. foreign relations can learn much from Green’s analysis of the campaign to end human rights abuses in Brazil. This book makes a strong case that global social activism can make a difference in ways that are sometimes unpredictable and hard to fathom except in retrospect.”\u003cbr\u003e -- Stephen M. Streeter * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWe Cannot Remain Silent\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to Brazilian scholarship. . . . Yet its value goes well beyond the field of Brazilian history. Green’s study reminds Latin Americanists of the importance of looking beyond the geographical boundaries of authoritarian nation-states when analyzing opposition movements. For U.S. scholars, his work provides insight into an oft-overlooked aspect of American responses to military regimes in Latin America. . . . Green’s balanced integration of scholarship and resources from both Brazil and the United States provides a useful model for transnational history. . . . Various contributions make Green’s work an important and enjoyable study for scholars throughout the Americas.” -- Colin Michael Snider * H-LatAm, H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e“For American audiences who ask why Brazil matters, Brown University history professor James N. Green answers with an extensive study of a country ruled by law absent of habeas corpus and filled with unspeakable torture. Green highlights both the U.S. government’s complicity in the 1964 coup that overthrew a reform-minded president and the decades long efforts of American activists and Brazilian exiles to unmask the horror.” -- John Pantalone * Providence Journal *\u003cbr\u003e“James N. Green provides a volume that in itself is an exemplar of historical presentation in that he provides multiple perspectives. He also created innovative narrative strategies that carry the reader along with pleasure through a long and richly detailed history.” -- Edward L. Cleary * A Contracorriente *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Series ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Tropical Delights and Torture Chambers, or Imagining Brazil in the United States \u003cbr\u003e Prólogo \"Era um país subdesenvolvido\" 13\u003cbr\u003e 1. Revolution and Counterrevolution in Brazil 19\u003cbr\u003e Capítulo I \"A gente quer ter voz ativa\" 49\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Birth of a Movement 55\u003cbr\u003e Capítulo II \"Caminhando e cantando e seguindo a canção\" 77\u003cbr\u003e 3. The World Turned Upside Down 85\u003cbr\u003e Capítulo III \"Agora falando sério\" 107\u003cbr\u003e 4. Defending Artistic and Academic Freedom 115\u003cbr\u003e Capítulo IV \"Acorda amor\" 137\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Campaign against Torture 143\u003cbr\u003e Capítulo V \"Vai meu irmão\" 167\u003cbr\u003e 6. Latin Americanists Take a Stand 177\u003cbr\u003e Capítulo VI \"Pode me prender, pode me bater\" 197\u003cbr\u003e 7. Human Rights and the Organization of American States 201\u003cbr\u003e Capítulo VII \"Fado tropical\" 225\u003cbr\u003e 8. Congressional Questioning 233\u003cbr\u003e Capítulo VIII \"While my eyes go looking for flying saucers in the sky\" 255\u003cbr\u003e 9. Denouncing the Dictatorship 259\u003cbr\u003e Capítulo IX \"Navegar é preciso\" 291\u003cbr\u003e 10. Performing Opposition 293\u003cbr\u003e Capítulo X \"Quem é essa mulhar\" 315\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Slow-Motion Return to Democracy 321\u003cbr\u003e Capítulo XI \"Amanhã há de ser outro dia\" 355\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions: Making a Difference 359\u003cbr\u003e Notes 367\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 411\u003cbr\u003e Index 431","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406060560727,"sku":"9780822347354","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822347354.jpg?v=1730494394","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-cannot-remain-silent-9780822347354","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}