EU SOU FAVELA: AS NOVAS ARTES DA EXISTÊNCIA NAS CANÇÕES DE BEZERRA DA SILVA (1975-2005)

Abstract

The following paper has as a goal reflecting about favelas according to Bezerra da Silva`s songs. Due to it, 16 sambas were selected from his repertoire that summed up to the existing testimonies in Marcia Derraik and Simplício Neto’s documentary (2012) show the historical and social panorama from the “carioca’s morro”, these songs that contributed to the subjectivity construction process of the singer and its residents are analized from the foucaultiana reading, which comprises the subjectivation forms as new ways of existence in cariocas’ favelas.