Securing sex : morality and repression in the making of Cold War Brazil /
Cowan, Benjamin A.,
Securing sex : morality and repression in the making of Cold War Brazil / Benjamin A. Cowan. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: that is communism today: envisioning the internal enemy -- Only 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.
" ... 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"--
9781469627526 (electronic bk.) 1469627523 (electronic bk.) 9781469627519 (ebook) 1469627515 (ebook)
22573/ctt17rvwcg JSTOR
1900-1999
Social values--History--Brazil--20th century.
Cold War--Social aspects--Brazil.
Sexual ethics--History--Brazil--20th century.
Conservatism--History--Brazil--20th century.
Valeurs sociales--Histoire--Brésil--20e siècle.
Guerre froide--Aspect social--Brésil.
Morale sexuelle--Histoire--Brésil--20e siècle.
Conservatisme--Histoire--Brésil--20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
HISTORY--Modern--20th Century.
Conservatism.
Moral conditions.
Sexual ethics.
Social aspects.
Social conditions.
Social values.
Brazil--Social conditions--1964-1985.
Brazil--Moral conditions.
Brésil--Conditions sociales--1964-1985.
Brazil.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HN290.Z9 / M636 2016eb
306.0981
Securing sex : morality and repression in the making of Cold War Brazil / Benjamin A. Cowan. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: that is communism today: envisioning the internal enemy -- Only 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.
" ... 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"--
9781469627526 (electronic bk.) 1469627523 (electronic bk.) 9781469627519 (ebook) 1469627515 (ebook)
22573/ctt17rvwcg JSTOR
1900-1999
Social values--History--Brazil--20th century.
Cold War--Social aspects--Brazil.
Sexual ethics--History--Brazil--20th century.
Conservatism--History--Brazil--20th century.
Valeurs sociales--Histoire--Brésil--20e siècle.
Guerre froide--Aspect social--Brésil.
Morale sexuelle--Histoire--Brésil--20e siècle.
Conservatisme--Histoire--Brésil--20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.
HISTORY--Modern--20th Century.
Conservatism.
Moral conditions.
Sexual ethics.
Social aspects.
Social conditions.
Social values.
Brazil--Social conditions--1964-1985.
Brazil--Moral conditions.
Brésil--Conditions sociales--1964-1985.
Brazil.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HN290.Z9 / M636 2016eb
306.0981