Bookstores and booksellers during brazilian military dictatorship (1961-1985)
Literary system; Polysystems; Brazilian military dictatorship; Anita Garibaldi bookstore; Encontro bookstore; Bazar Oió bookstore; Livro 7 bookstore; Jinkings bookstore; Palmarinca bookstore.
This dissertation presents the journey of six bookstores, and their respective booksellers, that were marked by the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985), each in its own way and within a local political context. Based on the polysystems theory, by sociologist Itamar Even-Zohar - which considers the system as dynamic and heterogeneous as opposed to a synchronic approach -, we discuss the relevance of the bookstore space and the figure of the bookseller for the cultural movement of resistance and confrontation with (or against) the dictatorial regime that was in force for 21 years in Brazil. The bookstores were chosen, among other criteria, by regions of the country, in order to present a plurality; and the division in the chapters was thought based on the time they remained in operation. They are as follows: Anita Garibaldi, from Florianópolis (SC), and Encontro, from Brasília (DF); Bazar Oió, from Goiânia (GO), and Livro 7, from Recife (PE); a Jinkings, from Belém (PA), and Palmarinca, from Porto Alegre (RS). It was possible to realize that there are gradations within what can be understood as a resistance bookstore/bookseller, and that this understanding is mainly on the part of the regulars and not their owners.