Topography, outsider characters and identities in samba and tango lyrics

Authors

  • Andreia dos Santos Menezes Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH) da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-9651.v1i8p40-59

Keywords:

Tango, Samba, National identities, Comparative studies between Brazil and Argentina, Discourse studies.

Abstract

The samba and tango lyrics produced between 1910 and 1940 present the assidous presence of such characters known as “malandro” in samba songs and “compadrito” in the tango ones. Such presence is a constitutive contradiction for those musical genres, which constantly related to a national representation. This discrepancy occurs because those lyrics propagated a way of life, which was the opposite of the ideal citizen defended by those national States. This paper analyzes the compositions in which those characters appear in order to examine the clashes established between two different voices: on one hand, the ones sided with the marginal perspective and, on the other hand, the ones associated to the disciplining perspective of national States. This text also examines how topography relates to some aspects of these marginal characters’ identity and the national identity.

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Author Biography

  • Andreia dos Santos Menezes, Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH) da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp)

    Doutora (2012) e mestre (2006) em Letras (Língua Espanhola e Literaturas Espanhola e Hispano-americana) pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Possui bacharelato (1998) e licenciatura (2002) em Letras, com habilitação em Português e Espanhol pela mesma instituição. Tem experiência na área de língua espanhola, trabalhando principalmente com os seguintes temas: estudos contrastivos entre o português brasileiro e o espanhol; estudos culturais, discursivos e enunciativos comparativos entre o Brasil e a Argentina. Atualmente é professora de Língua Espanhola na Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH) da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp).

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Published

2014-12-13

Issue

No. 8: (july-december 2014) Dossier Music and Languages

Section

Dossier

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MENEZES, Andreia dos Santos. Topography, outsider characters and identities in samba and tango lyrics. Caracol, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 1, n. 8, p. 40–59, 2014. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2317-9651.v1i8p40-59. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/caracol/article/view/98957.. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.