Tropicália

"This comprehensive portrait of Tropicâalia, from influences to results, from context to main players, and everything in between also explores how Tropicâalia helped reinvent Brazil's cultural identity in a post-colonial world. While post-colonialism remains a vital concept to understand the movement, the genre's conceptual core comes from a unique mix of native and foreign influences: Tropicâalia doesn't repudiate the international pop panorama, instead choosing to align with the era by assuming itself as its undeniable product. The genre also reveals an enthusiastic desire for propelling culture (and counterculture in particular) forward, repudiating senseless conservatisms and niche intellectualisms in favour of a broader reach of Brazilian music"--

Prologue: It's Forbidden to Forbid

Tropicá lia: The True Outsider
The Album as Manifesto
Immediate Aftermath: Fall and Exile
Post-Tropicá lia: Darkness as Commentary
End of the Century and Everything After

Final Thoughts
10 Essential Tracks
Post-Tropicá lia and Neo-Tropicá lia
Suggested Viewing
Bibliography