Hippies, elites e artistas entre conflitos e conciliações: os primeiros festivais de verão de Marechal Deodoro e a ditadura civil-militar (1970 – 1972)

Abstract

This research sought to analyze the Summer Festivals of 1970 to 1972 in Marechal Deodoro, Alagoas. In order to determine the ideological orientation adopted by these Summer Festivals, the historical approach focuses on the first two editions of this important event. To achieve this goal, comparisons were made between newspaper articles and secondary sources – understood here as bibliographical references – related to the historical period. The analyzed discourses provided by the sources made it possible to identify the political stances of individuals involved, enabling a connection to be established between these individuals and the Summer Festivals. The political control exerted by the civil-military dictatorship through repressive means such as censorship that affected periodicals of that time, hindering the free circulation of information, was taken into account. Finally, the research problem entailed questioning the political-ideological positioning of the Festivals through its organizers, as well as the recognition of its inherent ambiguities during the authoritarian period.