Brazil: Cazuza, Renato Russo and the democratic transition

Brazil Revealed in the Manifesto-Lyrics of Cazuza and Renato Russo Three decades after the fall of the Brazilian military regime, Cazuza and Renato Russo reunite in this book, which reveals how the two poets of the 1980s generation gave voice to popular desires and expectations during the transition between dictatorship and democracy. In an unprecedented way, the works and public statements of both artists are analyzed in light of the national context. Brasil makes clear how changes in the music scene reflected—and incited—transformations in society. And it reveals why Cazuza and Renato Russo left unforgettable marks on the construction of Brazilian citizenship.