Graffiti and social criticism: a discursive analysis of the indigenous figure in Cranio's art

Authors

  • Maurília de Souza Gomes Universidade da Beira Interior
  • José Ricardo Pinto Carvalheiro Universidade da Beira Interior.

Keywords:

graffiti, urban art, indigenous, critical discourse analysis, cultural representation

Abstract

This paper discusses graffiti as manifestation of urban culture. It seeks to reflect this art as symbolic appropriation of public space, which has its origin associated with cave paintings and passes through the writings and drawings of civilizations of the Old Age. Graffiti, which today presents itself as cultural mark of the metropolises, circulating among protest speeches, political and cultural resistance, among others. This article analyzed the work of brazilian artist Cranio, who uses the figure of a blue indigenous - as symbol of his art, associated with an approach of resistance and social criticism. The Critical Discourse Analysis proposed  to Fairclough is the theoretical and methodological approach selected to based this work.

Author Biographies

Maurília de Souza Gomes, Universidade da Beira Interior

Doutoranda em Ciências da Comunicação na Universidade da Beira Interior.

José Ricardo Pinto Carvalheiro, Universidade da Beira Interior.

Professor da Universidade da Beira Interior.

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Published

2019-12-31

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No. 6 (2019): eikon #6

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