Marcos Napolitano
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199986279
- eISBN:
- 9780199398874
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199986279.003.0008
- Subject:
- Music, Popular, Ethnomusicology, World Music
The chapter analyzes the relationship between representations of youth identity and musical movements in Brazil during the 1960s. During that period the country was undergoing a series of political ...
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The chapter analyzes the relationship between representations of youth identity and musical movements in Brazil during the 1960s. During that period the country was undergoing a series of political and socioeconomic transformations that stimulated a debate on the role of youth in the historical process. From 1964 onward, the right-wing military regime intensified this debate further by implementing modernizing capitalist policies in an authoritarian climate. By analyzing the three different youth identities mentioned in the title of this chapter, it is possible to identify the different symbolic responses and the cultural interventions of youth during that specific historical moment concurrent with the structuring of the modern music industry. The latter was the vehicle and articulator of youth identities because much of the cultural debate was centered upon the Brazilian popular music scene.Less
The chapter analyzes the relationship between representations of youth identity and musical movements in Brazil during the 1960s. During that period the country was undergoing a series of political and socioeconomic transformations that stimulated a debate on the role of youth in the historical process. From 1964 onward, the right-wing military regime intensified this debate further by implementing modernizing capitalist policies in an authoritarian climate. By analyzing the three different youth identities mentioned in the title of this chapter, it is possible to identify the different symbolic responses and the cultural interventions of youth during that specific historical moment concurrent with the structuring of the modern music industry. The latter was the vehicle and articulator of youth identities because much of the cultural debate was centered upon the Brazilian popular music scene.
