Construção histórica do cangaceiro nas músicas de Luiz Gonzaga, 1950-1960.

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the image of the cangaceiro built or represented in Luiz Gonzaga's songs in the 1950s and 1960s. we discussed Brazilian popular music as a historical source and the relationship of music with history and we also revisit the historiography that deals with cangaceiros in the northeastern sertao. The cangaceiros, type nordestino, were active and strong figures in the history of their time, who with their habits were registered in the Northeastern memory and culture. For the reasoning of this work were used works of authors that portray the history of cangaceiros and their area of ​​expertise, such as Durval Muniz de Albuquerque Junior, Elise Grunspan-Jasmin, Rui Faco and Jose Anderson Nascimento; works by authors like Jacques Le Goff and Peter Burke who they work with the idea of ​​historical documentation; and texts by Marcos Napolitano to we will work on the question of music as a source and its relationship with history. Were still lyrics of Gonzaga songs, in which we analyze the historical construction of the cangaceiro. Whether the historian or another researcher and social producer, it is not possible to portray the historical construction of an individual without delimiting his time and space. That's why do a discussion about the Northeast and Northeast regions and then analyze the cangaceiro in Gonzaga songs, focus of this work.