Christopher Dunn's history of authoritarian Brazil exposes the inventive cultural production and intense social transformations that emerged during the rule of an iron-fisted military regime during the sixties and seventies. The Brazilian contracultura was a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that developed alongside the ascent of hardline forces within the regime in the late 1960s. Focusing on urban, middle-class Brazilians often inspired by the international counterculture that flourished in the United States and parts of western Europe, Dunn shows how new understandings of race, gender, sexuality, and citizenship erupted under even the most oppressive political conditions.

Dunn reveals previously ignored connections between the counterculture and Brazilian music, literature, film, visual arts, and alternative journalism. In chronicling desbunde, the Brazilian hippie movement, he shows how the state of Bahia, renowned for its Afro-Brazilian culture, emerged as a countercultural mecca for youth in search of spiritual alternatives. As this critical and expansive book demonstrates, many of the country's social and justice movements have their origins in the countercultural attitudes, practices, and sensibilities that flourished during the military dictatorship.

Formato	Tapa suave
Número de Páginas	272
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	University of North Carolina Press
Fecha de Publicación	2016-11-14
Dimensiones	9.24" x 6.23" x 0.74" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	Si
Temas	Años 1960, Años 1970, América Latina

Dunn, Christopher

Christopher Dunn, associate professor of Brazilian literary and cultural studies at Tulane University, is the author of Brutality Garden: Tropicalia and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture.