Tropicália

This comprehensive portrait of Tropicália, from influences to results, from context to main players, and everything in between also explores how Tropicália 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: Tropicália 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.