Ana Leorne is a writer, artist, musician and researcher based in Paris, France. She holds a BA in Fine Arts, an MA in Film Studies and a PhD in Visual Cultures. Formerly an associate editor at The 405 and digital media executive at MTV Portugal, her work has appeared in Bandcamp, Grammys, SFGate, SPIN, The Guardian and many others. She’s also the author of This is the Strangest Life I’ve Ever Known: A Psychological Portrait of Jim Morrison (2023).

By offering a clear and well-researched synthesis to audiences outside Brazil, Leorne expands the global conversation around Tropicália and reframes its historical context within a transnational perspective … the book delivers a solid interpretation of the movement, draws on extensive and varied scholarship, and reaffirms Tropicália’s centrality as an aesthetic and political key to understanding Brazilian culture.

• Prologue: It's Forbidden to ForbidTropicália: The True OutsiderThe Album as ManifestoImmediate Aftermath: Fall and ExilePost-Tropicália: Darkness as CommentaryEnd of the Century and Everything AfterFinal Thoughts10 Essential TracksPost-Tropicália and Neo-TropicáliaSuggested ViewingBibliography

Ana Leorne is a writer, artist, musician and researcher based in Paris, France. She holds a BA in Fine Arts, an MA in Film Studies and a PhD in Visual Cultures. Formerly an associate editor at The 405 and digital media executive at MTV Portugal, her work has appeared in Bandcamp, Grammys, SFGate, SPIN, The Guardian and many others. She’s also the author of This is the Strangest Life I’ve Ever Known: A Psychological Portrait of Jim Morrison (2023).

By offering a clear and well-researched synthesis to audiences outside Brazil, Leorne expands the global conversation around Tropicália and reframes its historical context within a transnational perspective … the book delivers a solid interpretation of the movement, draws on extensive and varied scholarship, and reaffirms Tropicália’s centrality as an aesthetic and political key to understanding Brazilian culture.

• Prologue: It's Forbidden to ForbidTropicália: The True OutsiderThe Album as ManifestoImmediate Aftermath: Fall and ExilePost-Tropicália: Darkness as CommentaryEnd of the Century and Everything AfterFinal Thoughts10 Essential TracksPost-Tropicália and Neo-TropicáliaSuggested ViewingBibliography