Clara Nunes: Singing as a Mission

Authors

  • Silvia Maria Jardim Brügger Universidade Federal de São João del Rei

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v4i3.668

Keywords:

mission, religious transits, Clara Nunes, Brazilian Popular Music

Abstract

This article approaches the importance of religion in the life and works of the Brazilian singer Clara Nunes (1943-1982), presenting the meaning she attributed to her duty, by seeing herself as a missionary: her songs were intended to minorate the suffering of the people she identified herself with. Her work is analyzed through some selected recordings, and gains meaning when articulated with the interpreter’s religious experiences, marked by her religious transits, mainly the ones between Catholicism, Umbanda, Kardecism and Candomble rites.

Author Biography

Silvia Maria Jardim Brügger, Universidade Federal de São João del Rei

Professora adjunta do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da Universidade Federal de São João del Rei – UFSJ. São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

 

How to Cite

Brügger, S. M. J. (2015). Clara Nunes: Singing as a Mission. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 4(3). https://doi.org/10.3395/reciis.v4i3.668