Manifesto Antropófago E Outros Textos by Oswald De Andrade

E Outros Textos

A provocative collection of manifestos and essays that proposes cultural “cannibalism” as a strategy for forging a distinctly Brazilian modernity—devouring and transforming European and North American influences while reclaiming indigenous and Afro-Brazilian roots. With an irreverent, avant‑garde tone it attacks colonial mentalities and conventional nationalism, celebrates hybridization, and urges creative appropriation as a political and aesthetic act. The accompanying texts extend these themes through poetic experiments, polemical critiques, and a call for a plural, syncretic national identity.