World war one and brazilian cultural life

Resumo

Addressing the repercussions of the First World War on Brazilian cultural life, this article highlights the conflictual relationship between Brazil and Portugal during the Brazilian First Republic. Rio de Janeiro's urban reform, which aimed at transforming the capital into a 'tropical Paris' (proof of the country's modernization and its accession to the belle époque), was seen to represent liberation from the colonial past. However, the War shattered these illusions and overthrew the trust hitherto placed in the values of European civilization, now considered decadent. New diagnoses and therapies began to guide nationalist political movements. Old struggles were brought up to date and the Portuguese legacy was once more reevaluated.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2017

Instituição

Universidade do Porto

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/25153

Palavras-chave

Anti-Lusitanian nationalismCarioca Belle EpoqueFirst RepublicPereira Passos reformReinvention of Brazil.Brasil - História - República Velha, 1889-1930Brasil - Política e governo - 1914-1918