Censura de produções artísticas à luz da constituição federal

Abstract

This article makes a historical and social analysis on the emergence of censorship of artistic productions in the period of the military dictatorship in Brazil, comparing it with today’s censorship, and also showing the differences between the Federal Constitution in force in the dictatorship and the current one. Explaining what censorship, boycott and artistic productions are, as well as showing the differences and similarities between censorship and boycott, with real examples that occurred and still occur in Brazil. It presents a legal and social view, according to the Federal Constitution, to the laws in force in society in Brazil to demonstrate the Constitution’s view on censorship of artistic productions and even to explain the recurrent censorship attempts. Moreover, its general objective is to understand how, although the Federal Constitution prohibits censorship, so many artistic productions still face boycotts and censorship attempts. As to its specific objective, it is to deeply analyze certain artistic production (a series, a movie, a book etc.) in all its aspects and observe how society will react. Regarding the method, it will be used the deductive one, with the analysis of the standard applied to the given artistic production. Furthermore, as procedure methods, it will be used the comparative and the historical ones. Finally, the study will hold the bibliographic, documentary and observation research techniques.