| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
" ... 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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Brazil -- Social conditions -- 1964-1985.
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Brazil. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1964-1985 |
| Subject |
Brazil -- Moral conditions.
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Moral conditions. |
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Social values -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
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Social values. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Cold War -- Social aspects -- Brazil.
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Social aspects. |
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Sexual ethics -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
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Sexual ethics. |
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Conservatism -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
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Conservatism. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cowan, Benjamin A. Securing sex. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016] 9781469627502 (DLC) 2015031947 (OCoLC)919068298 |
| ISBN |
9781469627526 (electronic book) |
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1469627523 (electronic book) |
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9781469627519 (ebook) |
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1469627515 (ebook) |
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9781469627502 |
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1469627507 |
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9781469628929 |
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1469628929 |
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