Name: DANIELLA BERTOCCHI MOREIRA
Type: PhD thesis
Publication date: 28/03/2019
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| WILBERTH CLAYTHON FERREIRA SALGUEIRO | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| JORGE LUIS VERLY BARBOSA | External Examiner * |
| MARIA AMÉLIA DALVI SALGUEIRO | Internal Alternate * |
| VIVIANA MÓNICA VERMES | Internal Examiner * |
| WILBERTH CLAYTHON FERREIRA SALGUEIRO | Advisor * |
Summary: The thesis aims at analyzing the songs by Luiz Gonzaga do Nascimento Junior,
also known as Gonzaguinha (1945-1991), produced during the years of military
dictatorship in Brazil (1973-1979) and after the end of the dictatorship, when the
country was going through a redemocratization period, being supported by the
notion of testimony, through texts written by MarcioSeligmann-Silva, Jaime
Ginzburg and Jeanne-Marie Gagnebin. The songs written by Gonzaguinha will
also be studied through the concepts such as cultural industry, content of truth
and cultural semiformation, developed by the German philosopher Theodor
Adorno. The period selected to be analyzed as well as the division of his work is
justified by the fact that Gonzaguinha composed his songs in very different
periods in Brazils history. It is necessary to point out, however, that is not
possible to make a precise cut in his work because, as it will be discussed,
Gonzaguinha has always been faithful to his beliefs, despite the fact that his
songs have different themes. The intention here is to study how Gonzaguinha
dealt with dictatorship and how he composed during this period, as well as
verify what changed in his songs when the dictatorship ended and the country
went through a period of redemocratization, bearing in mind that his songs
reflect a historical period marked by so distinct moments such as the
dictatorship and democracy and reveal, therefore, its value to the study of
songs and literature.
KEY WORDS: Military dictatorship Brazilian popular music Theodor Adorno
Cultural Industry
