Body and Mind, and Vice-Versa, or the Continuing Performative Sexual Revolution in Portuguese Arts
In <i>Everyday Life in the Modern World</i>, first published in 1968, Henri Lefebvre presents the sexual revolution as the first instance of the cultural revolution. This aspect has remained one of the central themes of contemporary activism, often reflecting the relationship between soc...
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| description | In <i>Everyday Life in the Modern World</i>, first published in 1968, Henri Lefebvre presents the sexual revolution as the first instance of the cultural revolution. This aspect has remained one of the central themes of contemporary activism, often reflecting the relationship between social and artistic performance, between art and life or even presenting life as art. Hinged on this relationship, we will discuss some Portuguese art works produced between the 1960s and the present: from dictatorship into democracy. These works build a continuing thematic thread related to what has been termed the “intensification of bodies” but also, as we intend to explore in this article, to a necessary “intensification of minds”, concerning eroticism, sexuality and love. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7f982ea4f7548efbedc36309f1a6e872023-11-23T15:31:14ZengMDPI AGArts2076-07522022-05-011136010.3390/arts11030060Body and Mind, and Vice-Versa, or the Continuing Performative Sexual Revolution in Portuguese ArtsClaudia Madeira0NOVA Institute of Communication (ICNOVA), University NOVA of Lisbon, 1069-061 Lisbon, PortugalIn <i>Everyday Life in the Modern World</i>, first published in 1968, Henri Lefebvre presents the sexual revolution as the first instance of the cultural revolution. This aspect has remained one of the central themes of contemporary activism, often reflecting the relationship between social and artistic performance, between art and life or even presenting life as art. Hinged on this relationship, we will discuss some Portuguese art works produced between the 1960s and the present: from dictatorship into democracy. These works build a continuing thematic thread related to what has been termed the “intensification of bodies” but also, as we intend to explore in this article, to a necessary “intensification of minds”, concerning eroticism, sexuality and love.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/11/3/60intensification of bodiesintensification of mindsPortuguese performance artdictatorshipCarnation Revolutionsexual revolution |
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| title | Body and Mind, and Vice-Versa, or the Continuing Performative Sexual Revolution in Portuguese Arts |
| title_full | Body and Mind, and Vice-Versa, or the Continuing Performative Sexual Revolution in Portuguese Arts |
| title_fullStr | Body and Mind, and Vice-Versa, or the Continuing Performative Sexual Revolution in Portuguese Arts |
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| title_short | Body and Mind, and Vice-Versa, or the Continuing Performative Sexual Revolution in Portuguese Arts |
| title_sort | body and mind and vice versa or the continuing performative sexual revolution in portuguese arts |
| topic | intensification of bodies intensification of minds Portuguese performance art dictatorship Carnation Revolution sexual revolution |
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