Paramilitarism and music in Colombia An analysis of the corridos paracos

Colombia has experienced violence at the hands of both guerrillas and paramilitaries fighting to control territories, drug trafficking, and gain political influence. Though in recent years armed activities by both groups has subsided, their conflicting ideologies are visible in several contexts in t...

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Autores Principales: Caro E.B., Suavita J.R.
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Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: John Benjamins Publishing Company 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22388
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spelling ir-10336-223882022-05-02T12:37:14Z Paramilitarism and music in Colombia An analysis of the corridos paracos Caro E.B. Suavita J.R. Armed conflict Colombia Corridos Music Paramilitarism Politics Colombia has experienced violence at the hands of both guerrillas and paramilitaries fighting to control territories, drug trafficking, and gain political influence. Though in recent years armed activities by both groups has subsided, their conflicting ideologies are visible in several contexts in today's polarized Colombia. We tend to think about conflict in terms of bullets and people in military uniforms, but discourses of conflict are also evident in popular culture, such as music. In this paper, we analyse 19 corridos paracos, videos produced by sympathisers of Right-wing guerrilla groups, to demonstrate how this is done. Here, we find songs present a messianic portrayal of the paramilitary along with sexist ideas as the representation of manliness. Moreover, there is an almost total absence of peaceful actions in the lyrics, and an exaltation of brutality and terrorism. In a political context which cries out for reconciliation, these do little to this end. © John Benjamins Publishing Company. 2019 2020-05-25T23:56:18Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 15699862 15692159 https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22388 https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.19019.bar eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf John Benjamins Publishing Company instname:Universidad del Rosario
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language Inglés (English)
topic Armed conflict
Colombia
Corridos
Music
Paramilitarism
Politics
spellingShingle Armed conflict
Colombia
Corridos
Music
Paramilitarism
Politics
Caro E.B.
Suavita J.R.
Paramilitarism and music in Colombia An analysis of the corridos paracos
description Colombia has experienced violence at the hands of both guerrillas and paramilitaries fighting to control territories, drug trafficking, and gain political influence. Though in recent years armed activities by both groups has subsided, their conflicting ideologies are visible in several contexts in today's polarized Colombia. We tend to think about conflict in terms of bullets and people in military uniforms, but discourses of conflict are also evident in popular culture, such as music. In this paper, we analyse 19 corridos paracos, videos produced by sympathisers of Right-wing guerrilla groups, to demonstrate how this is done. Here, we find songs present a messianic portrayal of the paramilitary along with sexist ideas as the representation of manliness. Moreover, there is an almost total absence of peaceful actions in the lyrics, and an exaltation of brutality and terrorism. In a political context which cries out for reconciliation, these do little to this end. © John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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title Paramilitarism and music in Colombia An analysis of the corridos paracos
title_short Paramilitarism and music in Colombia An analysis of the corridos paracos
title_full Paramilitarism and music in Colombia An analysis of the corridos paracos
title_fullStr Paramilitarism and music in Colombia An analysis of the corridos paracos
title_full_unstemmed Paramilitarism and music in Colombia An analysis of the corridos paracos
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