THE HISTORY OF BRAZIL FOUNDED BY VIOLENCE IN “SINHÁ”, BY CHICO BUARQUE AND JOÃO BOSCO

Abstract

Since his musical production of the 1960s and 70s, when Brazil was under a military dictatorship, Chico Buarque's work is known for its interpretive and critical character of the historical reality of the country, being considered a chronicler of our social ills. In 2011, Chico released, in partnership with the composer João Bosco, the song “Sinhá”, in which it is narrated, from two points of view, given by the narrative unfolding, the violence suffered by an enslaved black man, accused, by the lord, of having sexual relations with the sinhá that calls the song. In this text, we present a reading of the song's lyrics, reflecting on the process of constitution of Brazil through the marked presence of violence, relying on the studies, among others, of Chaui (1980), Pinheiro (1991) and Ginzburg (2017).