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

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 334 pages) : illustrations, map Contents Revolution in Brazil : historical context and key players -- Masculinity, barbarism and honor : representations of the cangaceiro -- The coronel and the rural poor : narratives of class struggle -- Racialized representations : slavery, abolition and quilombos -- Religion as a political tool : resurrecting Canudos and revolutionizing Jesus -- Survival and resistance : re-membering the Ligas Camponesas in the 1980s -- Zito de Galiléia : preserving a past and envisioning a future of the Engenho Galiléia and o Nordeste 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. By late March 1964, Brazilian Armed Forces faced little resistance when overthrowing democratically elected leaders in part because of the widely held belief that the violence and chaos in the'backward'Northeast threatened the modern Brazilian nation. Sarzynski's cultural history recasts conventional narratives of the Cold War in Brazil, showing how local struggles over land reform and rural workers'rights were part of broader ideological debates over capitalism and communism, Third World independence, and modernization on a global scale Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Ligas Camponesas (Brazil) -- History Social movements -- Brazil, Northeast -- History -- 20th century Peasants -- Political activity -- Brazil, Northeast -- History -- 20th century Rural poor -- Political activity -- Brazil, Northeast -- History -- 20th century Cold War. HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century. Peasants -- Political activity Propaganda Rural poor -- Political activity Social movements War -- Causes SUBJECT Brazil -- History -- Revolution, 1964 -- Causes Brazil -- History -- Revolution, 1964 -- Propaganda Brazil, Northeast -- History -- 20th century Subject Brazil Northeast Brazil Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781503605596 1503605590

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