Rio's Feminist Funk: An Undulating Curve of Shifting Perspectives

By looking at the growth of rap and favela funk as it begins to acquire visibility among the Brazilian middle class in Rio de Janeiro, this article analyzes black women performers of funk and rap who have negotiated the use of the pejorative depictions of women inherent to the genre to express a typ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kate Lyra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aarhus University 2016-06-01
Series:Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies
Subjects:
rap
Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/bras/article/view/22172