Abstract

MEDEIROS, Nuno. The publishers and the Estado Novo: the place of the National Publishers and Booksellers Guild. Anál. Social [online]. 2008, n.189, pp.795-815. ISSN 0003-2573.

The reorganizing of the publishing sphere of the social space of the book during the Estado Novo regime in Portugal takes place, in a surprisingly vibrant fashion, in a scenario of difficulties and obstacles. Dwelling on the relation collectively established between publishers and the political power in place by exploring the Grémio Nacional dos Editores e Livreiros (National Publishers and Booksellers Guild), the article seeks to understand the institutional dynamics of the publishing world, thus overcoming current beliefs still prevailing about the connection of such a world with political projects of authoritarian nature, which tend to oversimplify a field with a complex, ambiguous and contradictory framework.

Keywords : publishers; Estado Novo; National Publishers and Booksellers Guild;; institutional history.

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