OPPOSITION IN THE BACKLANDS: the construction of the distinction between música sertaneja and música caipira

This article shows how the idea of purity and authenticity in rural genres was created in the academy in the 1950s and spread until today. Marxists, folklorists, and populism theorists united themselves in order to classify música sertaneja as a non-authentic musical genre.  On the other hand they s...

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Author: ALLONSO, GUSTAVO
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual do Maranhão (UEMA)
Repository:Outros tempos
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.outrostempos.uema.br:article/258
Online Access:https://www.outrostempos.uema.br/index.php/outros_tempos_uema/article/view/258
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Música sertaneja
caipira
intelectuais.
música sertaneja
intelectuals
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Summary:This article shows how the idea of purity and authenticity in rural genres was created in the academy in the 1950s and spread until today. Marxists, folklorists, and populism theorists united themselves in order to classify música sertaneja as a non-authentic musical genre.  On the other hand they suggested that música caipira was the authentic representation of the Brazilian peasant, who supposedly suffered from the expansion of the capitalism in the rural areas. This analyses often underestimate how Brazilian peasant felt about the modernization of the country.