APPROPRIATION AND SUBVERSION OF THE BIOMEDICAL DISCOURSE IN POPULAR MUSIC ABOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC:

A POLYPHONIC AND MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS

Authors

  • José Alejandro Meza Palmeros
  • Miguel Ángel Camacho Manríquez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2447-9837.2023.n15.64439

Abstract

As a global phenomenon, the SARS-CoV 2 pandemic has shown that biomedical information is reproduced through multiple voices. Particularly, in the case of social networks, an amplification of discursive polyphony is observed, while a space of mutual interpellation is configured between the population, autonomously from the biomedical institution. This research focuses on analyzing YouTube music videos on COVID-19, studying the medicalization processes from a semiotic approach through a polyphonic and multimodal analysis. As we show, the subjects appropriate the biomedical discourse by articulating different enunciators that allow a reply, or a confrontation of it.

KEYWORDS: COVID-19. Medicalization. Popular music. Polyphony. Multimodal analysis.

IMAGE: Coronavirus in screenshot from Saxoman Y Casanovas music video (2020). Source: https://youtu.be/-ff1bPOBQ8A?si=MxZH-awwpGqu_tk7.

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Author Biographies

José Alejandro Meza Palmeros

Professor-Researcher at the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology, Northeast Unit (Mexico)

Miguel Ángel Camacho Manríquez

Master's student at the Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology, Northeast Unit (Mexico)

Coronavirus in screenshot from Saxoman Y Casanovas music video (2020). Source: https://youtu.be/-ff1bPOBQ8A?si=MxZH-awwpGqu_tk7.

Published

2023-12-29

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Section

Dossier Anthropological Dialogues Brazil-Mexico: CIESAS - PPGA/UFPB