ISBN:
9781469627502
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xiv, 324 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
DDC:
306.0981
Schlagwort(e):
Social values History 20th century
;
Cold War Social aspects
;
Sexual ethics History 20th century
;
Conservatism History 20th century
;
Brazil Social conditions 1964-1985
;
Brazil Moral conditions
;
Brasilien
;
Soziale Situation
;
Konservativismus
;
Sexualethik
;
Geschichte 1964-1985
Kurzfassung:
" ... a transnational network of right-wing cultural activists. They subsequently joined the powerful hardline constituency supporting Brazil's brutal military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985. There, they lent their weight to a dictatorship that, Cowan argues, operationalized a moral panic that conflated communist subversion with manifestations of modernity, coalescing around the crucial nodes of gender and sexuality, particularly in relation to youth, women, and the mass media"--
Kurzfassung:
" ... a transnational network of right-wing cultural activists. They subsequently joined the powerful hardline constituency supporting Brazil's brutal military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985. There, they lent their weight to a dictatorship that, Cowan argues, operationalized a moral panic that conflated communist subversion with manifestations of modernity, coalescing around the crucial nodes of gender and sexuality, particularly in relation to youth, women, and the mass media"--
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Introduction: that is communism today: envisioning the internal enemyOnly for the cause of the pátria: the frustrations of interwar moralism -- Sexual revolution?: contexts of countersubversive moralism -- Sexual revolution!: moral panic and the repressive right -- Drugs, anarchism, and eroticism: moral technocracy and the military regime -- Young ladies seduced and carried off by terrorists: secrets, spies, and anticommunist moral panic -- Brazil counts on its sons for redemption: moral, civic, and countersubversive education -- From pornography to the pill: baguna and the limitations of moralist efficacy -- Conclusion.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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