Le Salon international de l’humour de Piracicaba, un laboratoire culturel innovant ancré dans la contestation politique sous le régime militaire brésilien
Born in 1974 during the repressive period of the Brazilian military regime, the Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba, which became "International" in 1976, was created on the initiative of local cartoonists and municipal representatives, in the small town located on the margins of the major cult...
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| Language: | English |
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Institut des Amériques
2021-03-01
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| Series: | IdeAs |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ideas/10053 |
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| Summary: | Born in 1974 during the repressive period of the Brazilian military regime, the Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba, which became "International" in 1976, was created on the initiative of local cartoonists and municipal representatives, in the small town located on the margins of the major cultural axis of South-East Brazil "Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo". Entirely dedicated to the creation, promotion and dissemination of graphic humour, the event, which is largely rooted in the contestation of authoritarianism, has responded to various major issues over the years: cultural and economic dynamism on a local scale, valorisation of national graphic production, circulation of Latin American cartoonists and professionalisation, fight against censorship and pressure from the federal state and internationalisation. Widely encouraged and financed by the small town of Piracicaba, the precursory event revealed certain possibilities of action existing on a municipal scale, in contrast with the repressive policy carried out by the Brazilian military regime. This article is based on an analysis of the archives of the event, kept at the National Centre of Graphic Humour in Piracicaba, which contain funds of capital importance in order to reconstruct fragments of the Brazilian visual imagination rooted in the second half of the 1970s. |
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| ISSN: | 1950-5701 |