O feminino Tom Zé em “Estudando o Pagode” (2005)

Abstract

The objective of this work is to analyze the album Estudando o Pagode — Na Opereta SegregaMulher e Amor, by the Bahian musician Tom Zé. Released in 2005 by Trama Records, it became known for constituting the trilogy of study of the musical styles present in the works Estudando o Samba (1976) and Estudando a Bossa (2008). In this research, a historical analysis of the work will be carried out, with the objective of understanding the importance of this album for Tom Zé's career. This is because the musician uses this work to denounce the patriarchal structures of Western societies that subjugate the feminine, which for him, negatively reflect on the Western way of relating romantically and sexually. In order to try to understand this work, an analysis was made of the formation of the Bahian musician and his ways of composing, of the album Estudando o Pagode (form and content) and of its performance and reception. As a result, we found a consensus of the specialized music critics, whose reception is imbued under the title "tropicalista", built by the musician himself throughout his career.