Mulheres do samba: Representações de gênero, raça e geração em Clementina de Jesus

From the 1960s onwards, with the aura of authenticity attached to her musicality, Clementina de Jesus was integrated as a performer in the role of great Brazilian singers. By making these memories come true in her singing and mimesis, Clementina would be considered an icon in the history of a black group, a history that was much silenced and devalued. Along with Clementina, a generation of composers and samba singers from Rio's urban peripheries was rediscovered and presented by a group of left-wing intellectuals to a middle-class audience. Clementina fits into this model conceived by samba intellectuals, who sought an expression of the most authentic Brazilianness in popular culture. However, it is observed that this framing found paths specific to the one intended by the intellectuals of the time. This article seeks to analyze the new representations that fall on the black body of Clementina de Jesus. As well as her protagonism and agency, from the potential of her voice presence in the media and with her audience at her shows.