Disputas ideológicas, cultura negra e jornalismo cultural

A crítica musical carioca e os bailes de soul dos anos 1970

Abstract

The so-called Black Rio Movement was consolidated as a music scene of massive proportions during the 1970s in Rio de Janeiro, mobilizing a large consumer market largely composed by a black youth. The soul dances have been criticized by the press connected to the dictatorship and to sectors of the left. The purpose of this article is to discuss how the cultural journalism and the music criticism of the time faced this phenomenon, presenting a reflection on disputes around the defense of the tradition and authenticity in opposition to discourses of modernity and cooptation in dynamics of popular culture. In this sense, this article also presents possible interpretations about alternative processes of racial identification, cultural consumption and strategies of cultural policies created in line with a global afro-diasporic culture.