Comunicação, hegemonia e memória: lutas discursivas sobre a ditadura civil-militar na sociedade brasileira contemporânea

Abstract

In this paper, we aim to make some notes about the discursive struggles over civilian-military dictatorship in contemporary Brazilian society. In order to do so, we first discuss the role of the media in the constitution of the hegemonic memories about this historical period; then we illuminate the presence of subterranean memories (Pollak, 1989) and counter-hegemonic discourses, which aim to establish discursive materialities opposite to the silencing of multiple dimensions of dictatorship, such as the genocide of indigenous peoples, the participation of the business community and the mainstream media in the constitution and support of the authoritarian government. We argue that, despite a relative growth in these voices and subterranean memories, our country is still characterized by the lack of a culture of memory about our recent past. Keywords: collective memories, civilian-military dictatorship, media, hegemony.