Entre modernidades desarticuladas, tradições e nação: uma análise dos textos autorais e das encenações da Companhia Negra de Revistas - Rio de Janeiro, 1926

Abstract

The analysis of the stageplays that Jaime Silva’s and De Chocolat’s Companhia Negra de Revistas presented in the Rio de Janeiro’s Teatro Rialto in 1926 reveals the presence of a “black” proposal about many of the most recognizable cultural elements of the Brazilian character. In this context formed by the plurality of the dialogues that modernity, nationalism and racial problem institued between them, also stands out the strong presence of an african-diasporic discourse according to the concept of “Black-Atlantic system” elaborated by Paul Gilroy. Using a transnational and intercultural perspective, the analysis of the stageplays is made from the authors’ scripts and the comments of the press and tries to highlight the relevance of the performative aspects on stage.