On the wings of freedom

Authors

  • Ana María Machado Escritora y periodista, ex-presidente y actual miembro de Academia Brasileña de Letras

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3232/REB.2014.V1.N1.01

Keywords:

Censorship, freedom of expression, children’s literature, political repression, democracy, tolerance, pluralism

Abstract

Based on the personal experience of the author with censorship in different contexts, be they related to repressive regimes, or in general to fundamentalist political or religious conceptions, the article attempts to discuss the risks involved in censoring children’s literature. This type of censorship, under the pretext of protecting children, often introduces prejudice in the construction of their knowledge of the world and their ability to tolerate difference.

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Published

2014-07-22

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014)

Section

General Section

How to Cite

On the wings of freedom. (2014). Revista De Estudios Brasileños, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.3232/REB.2014.V1.N1.01