Looking in the Mirror: The Global '68 through the Brazilian Daily Press

Autor/in	Hernández Huerta, José Luis
Titel	Looking in the Mirror: The Global '68 through the Brazilian Daily Press
Quelle	In: History of Education Review, 51 (2022) 1, S.47-63 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0819-8691
DOI	10.1108/HER-03-2020-0016
Schlagwörter	News Reporting; Educational History; Authoritarianism; Foreign Countries; Student Role; Activism; Cross Cultural Studies; Political Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Violence; Social Change; College Students; Social Problems; Social Systems; Discourse Analysis; Brazil; Mexico; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? News report; Reportage; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Autoritarismus; Ausland; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Schülerverhalten; Gewalt; Sozialer Wandel; Collegestudent; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Social system; Soziales System; Diskursanalyse; Brasilien; Mexiko; Polen
Abstract	Purpose: This article explains the process of construction and configuration of the Brazilian social imaginary on the global '68 using the daily press as source material. Design/methodology/approach: It looks at the narratives conveyed by the press about the condition, situation, motivations, aspirations and capacity for action of young university students. The analysis is focused mainly on the usage of totalitarian language and permits an in-depth view of the reality of life in Brazil at the time and the role played by the students in the resistance to the dictatorship. It also includes an analysis of how other students' protests of 1968 -- in Poland and Mexico -- were portrayed through the media, and how they helped to shape the collective imaginary about Brazilian university students, situating it in a conjuncture of broader dimensions and connections. Findings: The youth of Brazil, Poland and Mexico were represented as active political and social subjects, capable of defying, and sometimes profoundly upsetting, the established order. Violence and the discourse of violence were constant unifying elements in the narratives created by the daily press. This helped generate an image of university students which portrayed them as a rebellious, revolutionary and/or subversive sector of the population, responsible for one of the most extensive and profound social and political crises which those countries had experienced in decades. Originality/value: This is the first study of the Brazilian reception of the '68 Polish and Mexican students' protest and its implications for the social narrative of students' resistance in Brazil. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01