Los disfraces de la disidencia en la música cubana alternativa
My research aims to understand how the main economic issues (food and energetic deficiencies), social issues (inequalities and racism) and cultural issues (stagnation and censorship) which have been occurring in Cuba since 1990, are reflected in the music of a certain number of bands.  The goal of this study is to determine whether these artistic expressions are mirroring the society of this period, since they contemplate aspects of public interest that are concealed in the official discourse. This analysis will examine the discursive strategies of lyrics from certain musical productions, which represent a rich and complex range. In addition, this study aims to understand if music can be considered a space of civil society in a context that prevents the free formation of social actors.  This study focuses on the work of five artists who cultivate very different musical genres: trova (Frank Delgado and Carlos Varela), rap (Krudas Cubensi and Los Aldeanos) and punk (Porno Para Ricardo). The analysis will focus mostly on the lyrics, which are considered as literary texts. A significant corpus of songs will be selected and systematically and transversally analyzed, in an attempt to highlight the effects produced and their significations, both explicit and symbolic. I will also refer to their live performances and their aesthetics. This study intends to highlight the literary and musical productions of artists who are not well known or in Cuba. One of the goals is to show how, in a political context dominated by authoritarianism and censorship, forms of expressions that are capable of communicating subversive and dissident messages may still exist.
censorship racism emigration generation identity Carlos Varela Frank Delgado Los Aldeanos Krudas Cubensi Porno Para Ricardo