%0 Journal Article %T "Parei na contram£¿o": faixas cruzadas na inven£¿£¿o da MPB %A Neder %A ¨¢lvaro %J Estudos Hist¨®ricos (Rio de Janeiro) %D 2012 %I Centro de Pesquisa e Documenta??o de Hist¨®ria Contempor?nea do Brasil da Funda??o Get¨²lio Vargas %R 10.1590/S0103-21862012000100005 %X in the studies about 1960's mpb, a hegemonic narrative was established, according to which mpb was a reactionary movement instituted "from above", while tropic¨¢lia is idealized as the apex of musical evolution. identifying in this narrative problems like evolutionism and the ideology of national identity, this essay proposes a revision of the history of the period through the historic and ethnographic methods, using document analysis, interviews, and ethno/musicological song analysis. the conclusion is that popular participation was important to mpb, a contradictory terrain that produced complex identities, and put into question the mestizo ideology and patriarchal domination. %K mpb %K tropic¨¢lia %K 1960. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-21862012000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en