Fala Mangueira: representações sobre o morro da Mangueira nos sambas (1926 - 2014)

Abstract

The aim of this dissertation is to identify which representations of the Mangueira hill were constructed in the selected section. Mangueira, which is home to the samba school, Grêmio Recreativo e Escola de Samba Estação Primeira de Mangueira, is located near the center of Rio de Janeiro. In order to understand the representations, the book “Sambas para a Mangueira” was used to identify which sambas deal with the community. From this, 182 phonograms were identified, recorded between 1926 and 2014. To analyse this collection, we used Content Analysis, coding and categorizing all the sambas in the corpus, creating 12 categories and 59 subcategories. When looking at all these songs, it was possible to notice a concentration of themes about the Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Estação Primeira de Mangueira and its wings, Carnival, the Mangueira hill, everyday acts such as going to the samba, dancing, singing, social tensions, the relationship with the city, housing and songs focusing on women. It was found that most of the sambas are idealized and romanticized by those who write about Mangueira.