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Mongrel complex
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The mongrel complex (from Portuguese complexo de vira-lata), is an expression coined by Brazilian playwright and writer Nelson Rodrigues, which originally referred to the psychological shock suffered by Brazilians in 1950, when the Brazil lost to Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final match, hosted in Brazil. Brazil would have recovered from the shock (at least football-wise) in 1958, when it won a World Cup for the first time. According to Rodrigues, the phenomenon is not limited to football. According to him, Still according to Rodrigues, Brazil would be so eager to be recognized as equal in the community of nations, but successively stumble in their low self-esteem, reinforced by above mentioned folkloric incidents and others of the same kind (such as "the capital of Brazil is Buenos Aires", "Brazilians speak Spanish", etc.) successively committed by foreign media and authorities. |
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