There Is No White Flag and No Chance of Going to Jail!” the Violent Relations Between Police and Criminals in Facção Central’s Rap Songs

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ID16884497
AuthorsBruno De Souza Lessa (0000-0002-1696-394X, Universidade de Fortaleza), Ana Clara Aparecida Alves De Souza (0000-0001-5574-2560, Universidade de Fortaleza)
Year2020
Volume20
Issue1
Pages197-210
Publication date2020-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLinguagem em (Dis)curso (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1518-7632 • E-ISSN: 1982-4017
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/1982-4017-200112-6819
OpenAlexW3017643193
SCIELO_PIDS1518-76322020000100197
LanguageEN
References cited10

This paper analyzes the relationship between police brutality and its repercussion in the narratives exposed by Brazilian rappers in their lyrics. The central argument is that such violence is not a consequence or a cause for the phenomenon, but a structural element in the dynamics of urban violence. Such violence is essential for establishing the “Us VS. Them”, logic that objectifies itself in the feuds between police officers and criminals, expressed by the lyrics scrutinized here. Methodologically, the historical-discursive approach of Critical Discourse Analysis was employed. The analytical basis were the procedures suggested for text analysis and the focus of the investigation was the lyrics from the rap band Facção Central. The recursive relation between criminals and police officers was highlighted, in which violence functions as a mediating instrument. Violence between these groups emerges as a solidary element, i.e., it is the social cement providing cohesion to the interaction between these groups

Art · Criminology · Literature · Lyrics · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Brazilian cultural history and politics · Law · Music History and Culture · Psychology

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