An analysis of the various interpretative and historiography approaches on the political career of former president João Goulart, the institutional crisis of the early 1960's and the 1964 coup d'état. Special emphasis was placed on the memory/history relation, showing how the construction of oblivion, among other developments, is related to the constructive dynamics of academic analyses.
Historigraphy; Brazilian João Goulart Government; 1964 coup d'état