Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

Questioning the exhaustion of Western civilization (specifically the European version), and basing his arguments on the psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud—who wrote about the social life of primitive peoples in his book Totem and Taboo— Plí [...]

The nationalist manifesto produced by the Verde-Amarelismo movement (named for Brazil’s national colors) is based on a goal of collective behavior inspired by the indigenous symbolism of the “anta” (the tapir), a creature that “makes its way [...]