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Paramilitarism and music in Colombia An analysis of the corridos paracos

dc.creatorCaro E.B.spa
dc.creatorSuavita J.R.spa
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-25T23:56:18Z
dc.date.available2020-05-25T23:56:18Z
dc.date.created2019spa
dc.description.abstractColombia 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.eng
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.19019.bar
dc.identifier.issn15699862
dc.identifier.issn15692159
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22388
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.publisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Companyspa
dc.relation.citationEndPage559
dc.relation.citationIssueNo. 4
dc.relation.citationStartPage541
dc.relation.citationTitleJournal of Language and Politics
dc.relation.citationVolumeVol. 18
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Language and Politics, ISSN:15699862, 15692159, Vol.18, No.4 (2019); pp. 541-559spa
dc.relation.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074263944&doi=10.1075%2fjlp.19019.bar&partnerID=40&md5=699698c0b4447c59c4b8d5b0b6d46eeespa
dc.rights.accesRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosariospa
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocURspa
dc.subject.keywordArmed conflictspa
dc.subject.keywordColombiaspa
dc.subject.keywordCorridosspa
dc.subject.keywordMusicspa
dc.subject.keywordParamilitarismspa
dc.subject.keywordPoliticsspa
dc.titleParamilitarism and music in Colombia An analysis of the corridos paracosspa
dc.typearticleeng
dc.type.hasVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.spaArtículospa
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