Revolution in the terra do sol : the Cold War in Brazil / Sarah Sarzynski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarzynski, Sarah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ligas Camponesas (Brazil)--History.

Ligas Camponesas (Brazil).

Rural poor--Political activity--Brazil, Northeast--History--20th century.

Rural poor.

Peasants--Political activity--Brazil, Northeast--History--20th century.

Peasants.

Social movements--Brazil, Northeast--History--20th century.

Social movements.

Cold War.

Brazil, Northeast--History--20th century.

Brazil, Northeast.

Brazil--History--Revolution, 1964--Causes.

Brazil.

Brazil--History--Revolution, 1964--Propaganda.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Sarah Sarzynski's cultural history of Cold War-era Brazil examines the influence of revolutionary social movements in Northeastern Brazil during the lead-up to the 1964 coup that would bring the military to power for 21 years. Rural social movements that unfolded in the Northeast beginning in the 1950s inspired Brazilian and international filmmakers, intellectuals, politicians, and journalists to envision a potential social revolution in Brazil. But in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, the strength of rural social movements also raised fears about the threat of communism and hemispheric security. Turning to sources including Cinema Novo films, biographies, chapbook literature, and materials from U.S. and Brazilian government archives, Sarzynski shows how representations of the Northeast depended on persistent stereotypes depicting the region as backward, impoverished, and violent.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Tropes of o Nordeste: Contested Visions of the Region During the Cold War

Part One. O Nordeste in the Cold War

1. Revolution in Brazil

2. Masculinity, Barbarism, and Honor

3. The Coronel and the Rural Poor

4. Racialized Representations

5. Religion as a Political Tool

6. Survival and Resistance

7. Zito de Galiléia

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781503605596

1503605590

OCLC:

1198931669