The Bicha Louca (Crazy Fag) Character and the Construction of a Network of Actorial Work in Brazil during the Civil-Military Dictatorship (1964-1985)

The Bicha Louca (Crazy Fag) Character and the Construction of a Network of Actorial Work in Brazil during the Civil-Military Dictatorship (1964-1985)

The article proposes the existence of an actorial network that created a character-type of the male homosexual, which could be called the bicha louca (crazy fag). Actors such as Nestor Montemar, Raul Cortez, Ítalo Rossi and Emiliano Queiroz participated in this network, contributing to the theatre b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista Brasileira de Estudos da Presença 2021, Vol.11 (3), p.1
1. Verfasser: Rocha Junior, Alberto Ferreira da
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Actor-network theory
Actors
Authoritarianism
Brazilian Theatre
Censorship
Characters (Roles)
Dictators
Dictatorship
Dramaturges
Dramaturgy
Gays & lesbians
Journalists
LGBT
LGBTQ community
Melodramas
Morality
Performing Arts History
Political persecution
Semantics
Theater history
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Zusammenfassung:The article proposes the existence of an actorial network that created a character-type of the male homosexual, which could be called the bicha louca (crazy fag). Actors such as Nestor Montemar, Raul Cortez, Ítalo Rossi and Emiliano Queiroz participated in this network, contributing to the theatre being a space of visibility for the LGBT population and of resistance to the moral and political repression in the period of the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship (1964-1985).
ISSN:2237-2660
2237-2660
DOI:10.1590/2237-2660105634