Freedom: the evolution of a concept through two songs of Chilean poetic-musical production

Abstract

Freedom continues to be present as a fundamental principle in current societies, understood in the Chilean political-cultural context as a right inherited from liberal currents through the emancipation of Latin American independence movements. Thus, both liberal democracy and neoliberal ideological doctrine have placed it at the center of their discourse. The purpose of this article is to analyze the problematic treatment of freedom in two songs of Chilean poetic-musical production from the perspective of its social representation: "Yo canto la diferencia", a song by Violeta Parra from 1960, which appeared on the album Toda Violeta Parra. El folklore de Chile Vol. VIII (1961), and "Las llamas de la impotencia", a song by Nano Stern from the album Las Torres de Sal (2011). Both productions are understood to be situated within the tradition of the Nueva Canción Chilena. Specifically, the problem of freedom in Chile is approached from a recent social and historical perspective, to move towards a conceptual framework that allows us to see the contradiction between social reality and the denial of this concept in the analysis of these productions.

Freedom

Neoliberalism

Social representation

Nueva Canción Chilena

Chilean popular music