O The anti-modernist process of D. Quixote magazine.

Prejudice in the art debate (1920-1926)

Abstract

In Rio de Janeiro, under the control of Brazilian writer Manuel Bastos Tigre, the D. Quixote magazine (1917-1926) published prejudiced content to question the São Paulo modernist movement between 1920 and 1926. In the form of humor and in textual and visual resources, D. Quixote conveyed ableism, misogyny, homophobia, racism, and the stigmatization of musical and popular practices. To qualify the intensity of prejudiced expression in publications of the process, the author defined the expressive aggressiveness category. Due to the synchrony and similarity of part of the content, elements of D. Quixote's process were compared with elements of the anti-modernist campaigns of the São Paulo newspapers A Gazeta (1921-1922) and Folha da Noite (1923). A keyword search in the Digital Newspaper Library of the Brazilian National Library allowed us to find publications. The arguments of researchers in humor and Brazilian history were considered. This report records the names and artworks questioned at the reception of São Paulo modernism in Rio de Janeiro, and provides knowledge about the social construction of prejudice. Journalists, writers, and humorists produced prejudiced content to debate art.