Writing under Censorship: Women, Repression, and Resistance in Brazil (1937-1945)

Abstract

This article examines different aspects related to the censorship of women writers and their imprisonment during the New State of Getúlio Vargas (1937-1945), focusing on two female writers: Patricia Galvão and HaydéeNicolussi. During this period, repression against intellectuals occurred primarily through the political police of the Departamento de OrdemPolítica e Social. Censorship of female writers was a response of the New State that sought to occupy public space and promote an official culture. Nevertheless, the repressive project against intellectual women went beyond political persecution and was characterized as a moralizing and repressive campaign against women who challenged traditional feminine functions.

Censorship; Women Writers; New State; Literature; Resistance