“Que tal um samba?”, Chico Buarque sings a new Brasil

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48075/rlhm.v20i35.32110

Abstract

In this article, our main objective is to analyze the song “Que tal um samba?”, by Chico Buarque, as an invitation to its listener to a perspective of life opposite to the one experienced in the historical moment in which it was composed, authoritarian and fascist. The song was composed in 2022, at the end of a dark historical moment, in which the brazilian population was devastated by a variation of crises: moral, political, health and is collectively suffocated, living in an absurd world, with values rooted in authoritarianism, prejudice and violence. To develop our analysis, we will also comment, as a subsidiary objective, on the songs “As caravanas” and “Cálice”, compositions that confirm Chico Buarque’s desire to reveal Brazil in his musical work.

 

Author Biography

  • luciano dias, Universidade Vale do Rio Verde

    graduado em Letras ufop; mestre em teoria da literatura fale-ufmg; doutor em teoria e história literaía iel/unicamp; pós doutor em literatura brasileira Unesp; prof.  geraduação e mestrado em letras unincor

Published

07/08/2024

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Section

PESQUISA EM LETRAS NO CONTEXTO LATINO-AMERICANO E LITERATURA, ENSINO E CULTURA

How to Cite

LUCIANO DIAS. “Que tal um samba?”, Chico Buarque sings a new Brasil. Journal of Literature, History and Memory, [S. l.], v. 20, n. 35, p. 1–16, 2024. DOI: 10.48075/rlhm.v20i35.32110. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/rlhm/article/view/32110. Acesso em: 6 sep. 2026.