The historiography of popular music in Brazil (1971-1999)

Author(s)

Silvano Fernandes Baia

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2010-12-08

Examining board members

Marcos Francisco Napolitano de Eugênio; Tânia da Costa Garcia; Adalberto de Paula Paranhos; Elias Thome Saliba; Lia Vera Tomás

• Advisor: Marcos Francisco Napolitano de Eugênio

Abstract

This thesis presents a study on the historiography of popular music in Brazil which was developed in post-graduate education programs in History, in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. delimited within the timeframe between the beginning of the 1970\'s and the end of the 1990\'s. This work aims at identifying and analyzing thematics, contents, as well as approaches, concepts, sources and methodologies. Another purpose for this work is to comprehend the agendas and dynamics of the researches, as far as its trends and inclinations are concerned, along with the aesthetical and ideological inflows that appear over time. It consists of an analytical map of popular music historiography in the country, from a critical perspective. It presents a theoretical methodological and also, historical reflection destined for a review of the process involving the formation and assertion of a field of studies inscribed in the area of Human Sciences and particularly, in History. (AU)