THE BLACK MASK DIALECTIC: NEGO FUGIDO AGAINST BLACKFACE

Authors

  • Monilson dos Santos Pinto Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-3999.v7i1p155-166

Keywords:

Popular culture, Bertolt Brecht, Political theatre, Blackface.

Abstract

This article proposes a dialogue between popular expressions of Brazilian culture and the prevailing academic knowledge through Brechtian epic theater, introducing reflections about theatrical, corporeal, visual and musical aspects of Nego Fugido. The communication points to the necessity of conceiving a theater based on epistemology of black popular resistance and black communities aesthetics as possibilities of scenic creation to suburban black theater groups. The black mask of popular culture and the blackface appear in opposition to reveal how scenic elements and theatrical aspects of these popular expressions are misunderstood, undermined and, many times, appropriated in an incipient manner by stagers and contemporary theater groups.

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Author Biography

  • Monilson dos Santos Pinto, Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo
    Doutorando em Artes Cênicas pela Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo.

References

BRECHT, B. Estudos sobre teatro. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira, 2005.

MONTEIRO, M. Nego Fugido, teatro didático e “agitprop”. In: DAWSEY, J. C. et al. Antropologia e performance: ensaios Napedra. São Paulo: Terceiro Nome, 2013.

PINTO, M. S. Prefácio entre o Nego Fugido e as linguagens teatrais. In: ______. Nego Fugido: o teatro das aparições. 2014. Dissertação (Mestrado em Artes) – Instituto de Artes, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquisa Filho”, São Paulo, 2014.

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Published

2017-06-30

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017): O afro-contemporâneo nas artes cênicas: reflexões metodológicas de pesquisa e criação no contexto pós-colonial

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THE BLACK MASK DIALECTIC: NEGO FUGIDO AGAINST BLACKFACE. (2017). Revista Aspas, 7(1), 155-166. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-3999.v7i1p155-166