Clube da Esquina vs. Tropicalism: symbolic conflicts in MPB (Brazilian Popular Music)

Authors

  • Sheyla Castro Diniz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/artc-v20-n37-2018-47245

Abstract

The anthological double album Clube da Esquina celebrates its 46 anniversary in 2018. Its authors, Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges, never gessed that a musical movement would be named after their record released by EMI-Odeon in 1972, but journalistic criticism and part of the academic criticism sought to legitimate the group of composers, musicians, and friends around Milton. One of the most creative and versatile “cultural formations” of the 1970’s, Clube da Esquina has nowadays a prominent place in MPB – not to mention the already achieved international prestige. In the midst of the processes that led to its recognition, a topic usually ignored by the literature, Tropicalismo was the vector of a number of symbolic conflictsthat I bring up and problematize in this article.

keywords: Clube da Esquina; Tropicalismo; symbolic conflicts.

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Author Biography

Sheyla Castro Diniz

Doutora em Sociologia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Autora de “... De tudo que a gente sonhou”: amigos e canções do Clube da Esquina. São Paulo: Intermeios/Fapesp, 2017.

Published

2018-12-12

How to Cite

Diniz, S. C. (2018). Clube da Esquina vs. Tropicalism: symbolic conflicts in MPB (Brazilian Popular Music). ArtCultura, 20(37), 129–145. https://doi.org/10.14393/artc-v20-n37-2018-47245