Anthropophagic Movement

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The Anthropophagic Movement was a Brazilian modernist cultural movement that advocated “cannibalizing” European influences to create a distinct, original national art and identity.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Anthropophagic Movement canonical 1
Anthropophagic movement 1
Antropofagia 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brazilian modernist movement
cultural movement
aimedAt creating a distinct Brazilian national culture
rejecting passive imitation of Europe
alsoKnownAs Cannibalist Movement NERFINISHED
Movimento Antropófago NERFINISHED
associatedWith Revista de Antropofagia NERFINISHED
São Paulo modernist circle
coreConcept appropriation and transformation of foreign influences
cultural cannibalism
country Brazil
culturalContext interwar Brazil
field cultural criticism
literature
theater
visual arts
focus synthesis of local and foreign elements
foundedBy Oswald de Andrade NERFINISHED
genre avant-garde movement
hasInfluenceOn Brazilian cultural identity discourse
hasMotto Tupi or not Tupi, that is the question
hasPart Anthropophagic Manifesto NERFINISHED
hasParticipant Anita Malfatti NERFINISHED
Mário de Andrade NERFINISHED
Oswald de Andrade NERFINISHED
Raul Bopp NERFINISHED
Tarsila do Amaral NERFINISHED
inception 1928
influenced Brazilian concrete poetry
Brazilian modernism
Tropicália NERFINISHED
influencedBy Brazilian indigenous cultures
Dadaism NERFINISHED
European modernism
Futurism NERFINISHED
Surrealism
Tupi cannibalism myths
keyWork Abaporu NERFINISHED
Manifesto Antropófago NERFINISHED
language Portuguese
mainRegion São Paulo NERFINISHED
movementType modernism
opposedTo cultural dependency on Europe
period late 1920s
precededBy Semana de Arte Moderna NERFINISHED
relatedConcept postcolonial cultural theory
symbol cannibal figure
theoreticalBasis reinterpretation of cannibalism as metaphor
timeframe 1928–1930s

Referenced by (4)

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Abaporu inspired Anthropophagic Movement
Oswald de Andrade notableIdea Anthropophagic Movement
this entity surface form: anthropophagic movement
Tarsila do Amaral movement Anthropophagic Movement
this entity surface form: Anthropophagic movement
Tarsila do Amaral notableWork Anthropophagic Movement
this entity surface form: Antropofagia