THE GREAT HOPE: AGRARIAN POLICY IN THE THE SERTANEJO SONG REPERTOIRE DURING THE MILITARY DICTATORSHIP (1964-1985)

Abstract

The article's objective is to analyse, in the Sertanejo song repertoire produced between 1964 and 1985, objective images of hope produced by their composers in response to the agrarian policies implemented during the military dictatorship. In composing these images, they did so from the perspective of right-wing liberal conservatives, but also from that of the vast majority of their listeners, workers on the urban peripheries and in rural areas. It is hope that, in these songs, combined different conceptions of agrarian reform in a drive towards overcoming a dissatisfactory present. This ambiguous principle, capable of both provoking illusions and becoming realized as a serious benefit to men and women, it was mobilized in the Sertanejo song repertoire to give meaning to its musical narratives on the transformations arising from the agrarian policy pursued during this period.

Keywords Agroindustry; hope; country music; military dictatorship; Amazon