Dance music, expressions and meanings of kuduro in Salvador

Authors

  • Frank Marcon Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Ely Daisy de Jesus dos Santos Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Abstract

Kuduro is a dance and electronic music style born and consumed mainly by young people born in Luanda in the 90s and quickly widespread to Europe, America and Africa. The present article focuses on the presence of kuduro in Brazil on the newspapers, analyzing the particular case of its production, spread and consumption through a field research carried out in Salvador, Brazil between 2014 and 2015. From here, we aim at gaining understanding of the festive atmosphere of this style and reflecting on both the general and particular meanings of this artistic expression in a particular consumption circuit (with African young immigrants), and in a more general meaning. This investigation is a part of a wider research developed by the authors about youths, identity processes and their different ways of expression through electronic music-related lifestyles.

Keywords:

party music, kuduro, lifestyle, youth, diaspora

Author Biographies

Frank Marcon, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Doctor en Antropología Social. Profesor del Departamento de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Federal de Sergipe, coordinador del Grupo de Estudios Culturales, Identidades e Interétnicos Relaciones interétnicas (GERTS). Publicación principal: MARCON, Frank. Diálogos Transatlántico: identidad y nación entre Brasil y Angola. Cartas contemporáneas: Florianópolis, 2005. Dirección Av. Des. João Bosco A. Lima, 700. Apto. 304. Código postal de Aracaju/SE 49037130 (Teléfono 79 21056792). Correo electrónico: marconfrank@hotmail.com

 

Ely Daisy de Jesus dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Estudiante de comunicación en la Universidad Federal de Sergipe, becaria del IC/CNPq entre julio de 2013 y junio de 2015, en el proyecto Música y estilos de vida de los jóvenes en Brasil, Angola y Portugal: análisis comparativo entre prácticas y retóricas de identificación y diferencia. Dirección Av. Des. João Bosco A. Lima, 700. Apto. 304. Aracaju/SE CEP 49037130 (Teléfono 79 21056792). Correo electrónico: ely.daisy@hotmail.com.