Lady of the waters and the song

Iemanja’s social representation in Brazilian popular music

Authors

  • Luanda do Carmo Queiroga Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Adriano Roberto Afonso do Nascimento Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/1676-1669.2019.6845

Keywords:

Iemanjá, social representation, music

Abstract

Using Brazilian popular songs as its research basis, this paper intended to investigate how, throughout the history of the country’s music, the image and aspects of the Iemanjá orisha where taken from the ceremonial yards and incorporated as Brazilian cultural elements, becoming present in song lyrics as something common, usual. For this, we used the Thematic Content Analysis technique. A total of 193 songs were submitted to the analysis.  In general, it is possible to claim that the descriptions of Iemanjá in the analyzed songs were distanced from a religious and mythological cosmovision. The variation occurred between 1933 and 2014 contributed to the popularization of Iemanjá in the popular music and, at the same time, to her representation as an autonomous figure in relation to the Afro-Brazilian religions.

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Author Biographies

Luanda do Carmo Queiroga, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia.

Adriano Roberto Afonso do Nascimento, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Bolsista em Produtividade do CNPq.

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Published

2019-06-18

How to Cite

Queiroga, L. do C., & Nascimento, A. R. A. do. (2019). Lady of the waters and the song: Iemanja’s social representation in Brazilian popular music. Memorandum: Memory and History in Psychology, 36, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.35699/1676-1669.2019.6845

Issue

Vol. 36 (2019)

Section

Articles

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The works published in the electronic journal Memorandum: Memory and history in Psychology are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License that allows sharing with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.