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Tropicalism
The tropicalist revolution on the
brazilian music and culture.
What was it?
• It was a rupture movement that shook the
whole environment of the Brazilian
popular music (MPB).
• The movement aimed to universalize the
language of MPB incorporating elements
from world youth culture, such as rock,
psychedelia and the electric guitar.
When did it happen?
• The movement happened between the years
of 1967 and 1968;
• The country was newly dominated by the
military dictatorship;
• Especially the people connected with the
cultural system and the student movement
were on fire against the millitary presence on
the power and the first signs of the
censorship.
Who was part of it?
• The most influential artists were;
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Caetano Veloso;
Gilberto Gil,
Gal Costa;
Tom Zé;
Mutantes;
Rogério Duprat;
José Carlos Capinan and Torquato Neto (lyricists)
Rogério Duarte (graphic artist, composer and
poet);
– Glauber Rocha (movie director)
Impacts on the Brazilian culture
• Tropicalism mixed:
– Rock, bossa nova, samba, rumba, bolero and baião.
• Broke the rigid barriers that remained in the country:
– pop vs. folklore, high culture vs. mass culture, tradition vs. avantgarde.
• There were impacts on:
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Music;
Politics;
Morals;
Behavior;
Body;
Sex;
Clothing.
Example Phrases
• “We wanted the youth to think. And on a
dictatorship tinhking is impossible” Tom Zé
• “You’re not understanding anything” Caetano
Veloso
• “It’s forbidden to forbid” Caetano Veloso
Reflection for today
“The wait for a bridge beyond the artists
and their understanding of the period might
explain the stance of inert spectators in that
room at the end of the documentary. As we
waited for a continuation, an extension of a
time that now seems dispersed or without an
effect offstage…
…In other words: how, after all this, we
managed to get as cowards, reactionaries
and conformed?”
Matheus Pichonelli, Carta Capital, 2012
References:
• http://tropicalia.com.br/
• http://www.infoescola.com/movimentosculturais/tropicalia-tropicalismo/
• http://www.cartacapital.com.br/cultura/
essas-pessoas-na-sala-de-jantar/
Thanks!
Estela Loth Costa
[email protected]