"Mesene", Angolan tale and "Apesar de Você", Brazilian song: formas of resistance

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https://doi.org/10.11606/va.v0i31.133492

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Angolan tale, Brazilian song, resistance

Abstract

This article analyzes the tale "Mesene", the Angolan writer Boaventura Cardoso and the lyrics to the song "Apesar de você", the Brazilian composer Chico Buarque, in order to reveal the respective languages, aesthetics and social criticism that emerge from works written under periods of repression, being configured in this way, from our reading, just like written of resistance.

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  • Estefânia Francis Lopes, University of São Paulo
    Educadora. Mestra em Estudos Comparados de Literaturas de Língua Portuguesa – FFLCH/USP.
  • Tania Celestino Macêdo, University of São Paulo
    Professora Titular pela Universidade de São Paulo onde leciona Literaturas Africanas de Língua Portuguesa

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Published

2017-12-20

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Vol. 18 No. 1 (2017): Literatura e política nos países de língua portuguesa

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Dossiê 31: Literatura e Política nos países de língua portuguesa

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LOPES, Estefânia Francis; MACÊDO, Tania Celestino. "Mesene", Angolan tale and "Apesar de Você", Brazilian song: formas of resistance. Via Atlântica, São Paulo, v. 18, n. 1, p. 209–226, 2017. DOI: 10.11606/va.v0i31.133492. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/viaatlantica/article/view/133492. Acesso em: 16 jun. 2026.