Title Contracultura : alternative arts and social transformation in authoritarian Brazil / Christopher Dunn.

Descript 1 online resource Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary " ... 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"-- Provided by publisher Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Power and Joy; 1 Desbunde; 2 Experience the Experimental; 3 The Sweetest Barbarians; 4 Black Rio; 5 Masculinity Left to Be Desired; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Counterculture -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century. Brazil -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Totalitarianism and art -- Brazil. Totalitarianism and literature. Brazil -- Civilization -- 20th century. Brazil -- History -- 1964-1985. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. ART -- Caribbean & Latin American. Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898 Counterculture. (OCoLC)fst00881315 Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811 Totalitarianism and art. (OCoLC)fst01153050 Totalitarianism and literature. (OCoLC)fst01153051 Brazil. (OCoLC)fst01206830 1900-1999 ISBN 1469628538 (electronic bk.) 9781469628530 (electronic bk.) 1469628511 146963001X 9781469630014 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9781469628516 (pbk. ; alk. paper)