Abstract

CALDERON RIVERA, Edith. Unveiling contemporary mythical imaginaries: social representations of affectivity and violence in song lyrics. Cultura representaciones soc [online]. 2020, vol.15, n.29, pp.233-265.  Epub Mar 07, 2022. ISSN 2007-8110.

In this work I want to propose the existence of contemporary myths within the lyric of the song and that this lyric can be analyzed, not as object of recreation, but as cultural productions. Following the model of the social representations, we can analyze the meaning of the lyrics for the people and reflect if these lyrics can arouse diverse effects in the public. I write this on the premise that a lot of the current songs have an emotional content that is either implicitly or explicitly violent and the question that guides this reflection can be written as: is there something that links the songs with the behavior of the subjects? This is organized in four parts. The text consists of four parts. I will begin by describing the important role that social representations play in the knowledge of what I have called the affective dimension (Calderón, 2012). Secondly, I will describe what I understand as contemporary myths. Thirdly, I will explore some meaningful qualities of the violence phenomenon. Finally, based on a case study, interviews and ethnographic work, I will present an outline of the social representations of the lyrics of a song in order to reveal what can be called as contemporary mythical imaginary.

Keywords : violence; affective dimensión; contemporary myths; social representations; imaginary.

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