A decolonial interpretation of the song Um Índio, by Caetano Veloso

This is an interpretive essay on the song Um Índio, by Caetano Veloso, based on decolonial thinking. My interlocutors will be Quijano, Dussel, and Mariátegui. The album Bicho is crucial to understand the analysis, where I briefly discuss certain dimensions of the santamarense author’s philosophy. Th...

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Autor: Oliveira, Rafael Bastos Costa de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Resgate (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8668163
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/resgate/article/view/8668163
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Caetano Veloso
Um índio
Decolonialidad
Decoloniality
Decolonialidade
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Sumario:This is an interpretive essay on the song Um Índio, by Caetano Veloso, based on decolonial thinking. My interlocutors will be Quijano, Dussel, and Mariátegui. The album Bicho is crucial to understand the analysis, where I briefly discuss certain dimensions of the santamarense author’s philosophy. These elements were explained to indicate the questions Caetano’s work raised for me. The methodology is a decolonial, dialectical, and documentary analysis. The categories, concepts, and analytical keys detailed herein are heteronomy, estrangement, coloniality of power, coloniality of knowledge, corporeity, anti-patriarchy, erotica, heterogeneity, philosophy of liberation, world-system, exteriority, return of the future, horizon, utopia, and cultural dependence. The synthesis is that the song has a vehement decolonial trace, although not necessarily intentional.