Music and the bodies that (do not) matter
popular music reactions to state massacres
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5216/mh.v24.78735Keywords:
engaged song, state massacres, racializationAbstract
In this article, we seek to analyze the reaction of politically engaged music to massacres perpetrated by the State and the ways in which popular indignation and musical creation interact with the remembrance of these massacres. We will try to highlight the involvement between the composers and their respective social and political realities, as well as looking at the ways in which music could establish an interaction within its social context. For this, the article discusses three massacres: the Massacre of Puerto Montt, in Chile, the Massacre of Carandiru and the Massacre of Eldorado dos Carajás, in Brazil, represented by the songs Preguntas por Puerto Montt, by Victor Jara, Diário de um Detento, by rap group Racionais MC's and Eldorado dos Carajás, by rap group Manos da Baixada de Grosso Calibre.