Retratos de um povo na poesia de João do Vale: a arte como resistência

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the poetry at the songs “A voz do povo, Carcará, Pra mim não, Peba na Pimenta, Minha história, A lavadeira e o lavrador, Pisa na fulô, O Jangadeiro, Fogo no Paraná, Ouricuri, O bom filho à casa torna e Sina de caboclo”, from the álbum “O poeta do Povo” by João do Vale a poet and composer from Maranhão, placing them as manifestations of resistaince in art and culture using them as mechanism of denuntiation against all kind of exploration installed in Brazil in the 60s and 70s, anchored in works such as Alfredo Bosi, Paschoal, Marques e Paul Zumthor, in works by researches such as Damazzo, Ludmila Gondim, among others and in interviews with the poet’s relatives, presenting João do Vale’s prodution as a path towards a awakening to a new form of art and life.