Cultura popular e identidade cultural: uma análise da obra Macunaíma

Abstract

This study is situated within the field of cultural and literary studies, focusing on the analysis of Brazilian cultural identity through Mário de Andrade's work Macunaíma, in dialogue with postcolonial and cultural theories. The research objective is to analyze how the construction and deconstruction of the subject in Macunaíma express processes of cultural hybridization and problematize fixed notions of national identity. The adopted methodology is qualitative in nature, involving bibliographical research and critical analysis of the literary work, articulated with theoretical frameworks from Stuart Hall, Néstor García Canclini, and Homi Bhabha, prioritizing textual and conceptual interpretation. The results show that Mário de Andrade's modernist narrative constructs a fragmented, mobile, and contradictory subject, whose identity is constantly reformulated through the incorporation of Indigenous, African, and European elements, revealing tensions inherent to the postcolonial context. It is concluded that Macunaíma functions as a symbolic space for cultural negotiation, in which Brazilian identity is presented as hybrid and unstable, contributing to a critical understanding of Brazil's cultural formation, while also pointing to the need for further investigations into identity, literature, and culture in contexts of coloniality and postcoloniality