Republic of Assassins: memory in a Brazil of “Men of Steel”
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-7114.sig.2024.216108Keywords:
Republic of Assassins, death squad, witness, trauma, victimAbstract
This study sociologically analyzes the film Republic of Assassins (1979) by Miguel Faria Júnior based on the concepts of witness, trauma, and victim from Cynthia Sarti and Myriam Jimeno. Dissecting the characters of crossdresser Eloína and actress Marlene shows how both fit into the three indicated concepts due to their respective interactions with Mateus Romeiro, a member of the “Men of Steel.” Thus, this film contributes to establishing a memory that provides a place for the pain of the victims of the Brazilian Death Squad and for denouncing the atrocities of paramilitary groups that prevail to this day.
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