Punk scenes functioned as surrogate families for young Brazilian activists

Evidence

Mayara liked bands of both types, and she especially loved Cólera, Invasores de Cérebros (Brain Invaders), and the all-woman outfit Menstruação Anarquika (Anarchic Menstruation). The second wave had too many clueless rich kids for her liking, but that could be ignored as long as the music (and the politics) were good. For her the world of punk, and the associated universe of activist causes, offered a kind of second family. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 129

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the broader literature on movements’ social-embeddedness and how dense pre-political networks feed later mobilization — cf. earlier notes on social capital as trust-based obligation. — connects to: Brazilian punk evolved from violent resistance to organized left-wing politics across two decades — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 128