Date of Award
8-8-2024
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Type
Dissertation
Abstract
This dissertation examines the cultural and countercultural works of young Peruvian artists from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, focusing on four case studies: the guerrilla poet, the beatnik bohemian, the rocker, and the psychedelic cumbia musician. The young artists grouped under each category developed unique, provocative, and controversial responses to their time's political and cultural establishment. The guerrilla poet grappled with the 1960s dilemma known as "El fusil y la pluma" (the gun or the pen) by prioritizing taking up arms over poetry. The beatnik bohemian rejected the literary establishment to champion the value of poetry, particularly the neo-avant-garde, as the foundation for a new social reality. The rocker responded to the emergence of a star system and music industry by embracing noise and performances as the foundation of youth audiopolitics. The psychedelic cumbia musician responded to the growing mass migrant audience by creating a new genre of music for parties based in rock, cumbia, and folklore music. This dissertation proposes a transdisciplinary discussion of an understudied area of Peruvian cultural history and the interrelation between written, visual, and sonic cultures from a material and transdisciplinary perspective.
Language
Spanish (es)
Chair and Committee
Javier García-Liendo
Committee Members
Ignacio Sánchez Prado; Miguel Valerio; Shane Greene; William Acree
Recommended Citation
Antunez De Mayolo Kou, Gabriel, "Gritos demoledores de la nueva época: Juventud y contracultura en los long sixties andinos" (2024). Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3280.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/art_sci_etds/3280