“Eu visto preto por dentro e por fora”: interseccionalidades entre o rap oralizado e o rap sinalizado

Abstract

This study investigates how spoken rap and signed rap converge historically and socially, taking musical experiences as a starting point for academic reflection. The research stems from the observation of the lack of debate within universities regarding art produced by Black bodies, as well as by Black Deaf bodies within rap, and seeks to understand how art becomes a space of re-existence, allowing Deaf and peripheral subjects to recognize themselves as producers of culture. Grounded in historical-dialectical materialism and an intersectional perspective, the study discusses how spoken rap and signed rap, despite their distinct structures, converge in their purposes of denunciation, resistance, and the affirmation of insurgent identities. These artistic expressions, shaped by race, class, gender, and disability, confront mechanisms of social exclusion sustained by racism and capitalism, while simultaneously breaking with Eurocentric narratives imposed by matrices of oppression. The research demonstrates that spoken rap and signed rap share not only a critique of systemic violence, but also a re-signification of the acronym RAP (rhythm and poetry) as a practice linked to social movements and strategies of aquilombamento. Thus, it is concluded that both artistic forms make it possible to retell invisibilized histories, re-signify identities, and produce new forms of collective resistance.