Facção Central: Uma análise literária do inconformismo musicado

Abstract

This study aims to analyze, from a literary perspective, the compositions of the rap group Facção Central, focusing on the themes of violence and racism. The group’s work stands out for its highly aggressive, political, and denunciatory character, which places it as an important voice in the struggles of marginalized and peripheral communities in Brazil, while also enriching Brazilian culture through its music. The research is justified by the lack of literary studies related to the group's compositions, highlighting the limited critical academic space dedicated to their work. In Chapter 1, the theoretical framework will include works that address the experiences of Black and peripheral communities in contemporary times, such as Rap na cidade de São Paulo: juventude negra, música e segregação urbana (1984–1998) (2015), by José Carlos Gomes da Silva, and Da diáspora: identidades e mediações (2003), by Stuart Hall, in order to contextualize the songs' historical and social background. The second chapter focuses on the first major theme of the dissertation: violence. To this end, the work of Walter Benjamin, particularly his essay “Critique of Violence” (2011), among other theorists, will be employed to understand how violence operates socially and, ultimately, how it is translated into the poetic compositions of Facção Central’s lyrics. The final chapter will draw on theorists such as Abdias do Nascimento, with his book The Genocide of the Brazilian Black (2016), and Achille Mbembe, with Necropolitics: Biopower, Sovereignty, State of Exception, Politics of Death (2018), to analyze the construction of Black identity in the group's compositions.