Northeasterness: identity and male chauvinism in forró pé de serra and in electronic forró.

Abstract

In No Ceará não tem disso não: nordestinidade e macheza no forró contemporâneo, Felipe Trotta analyses the discourse of traditional forró music and electronic forró music,and the demands for the maintenance/rebuilding of northeastern identity in narratives permeated by male chauvinism, stereotypes and binary oppositions.