Releituras, transições e dissidências da subcultura feminista Riot Grrrl no Brasil

Abstract

This work aims to understand what the subculture elements and people that involve Riot Grrrl show about their update in Brazil. As subculture elements I understand the fanzines, blogs, shows, bands and events such as Girls Rock Camp. As people are the women who are in direct contact and involved with the subculture Riot Grrrl in Brazil, a sample composed of 67 interviewees from 11 Brazilian states, between 15 and 47 years of age. From authors such as David Hesmondhalgh (2005), Paula Guerra (2010), Dick Hebdige (1979), Paul Hodkinson (2011) as a basis, I propose to discuss why to treat Riot Grrrl as a subculture, as well as invisibility issues about women in music and in subcultural studies, and also on youth studies. About methodology, I’ve assumed through a participant observation (online and offline) and inspired by the virtual ethnography, the position of an insider researcher (Paul HODKINSON, 2005; Adriana AMARAL, 2009). Finally, there is no consensus on what it means to be a riot grrrl, nor on what would be the subculture in Brazil today but in this complexity of voices, ages, states and opinions, the desire to bring other women to think feminisms seems to speak louder than the different musical styles, disagreements or concerns in naming the inspirations we take about the attitudes of the first and "original" riot grrrls.