This article examines the initial points of a creative process that articulates new popular identities in Lima that comes from the economic and cultural circuit of chicha music. These are symbolically expressed in the graphic production called chicha aesthetics, which since the second decade of this century has been positioned with new vigor in the capital. Chicha aesthetics is a diversity of graphic, artistic and cultural productions that emerged approximately in 2010, it had its origin in the classic chicha poster that has been published on the walls of neighborhood houses in Lima since the 1970s. In the article we will focus on pointing out the process that gave rise to the new graphic proposals, the transition from a creative process anchored to chicha musical expression to another that, starting from it, discovers another type of sensitivity linked to graphic art, of a generation th...

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In this article, I will address the social and cultural processes involved in the shaping and popularity of the popular idol of Peruvian tropical music—chicha —, «Papá Chacalón.» He was a singer who emerged from the most marginalized sectors of Lima society. Among his followers are mayors, prisoners serving their sentence in jail, as well as men and women from the poor neighborhoods of Lima. Several decades after his death, there is a new legion of fans, «chicheros chacaloneros» (Chacalón’s followers). The popular idol, in this context, is configured based on and from the daily relationship between Chacalón and his followers. In this work, I will place special emphasis on the idol-follower relationship, the forms of social interaction, and the cultural assessments involved. I will posit that the ideas of equality and social recognition are central elements in the constructi...

In Lima, new forms of artistic creation that come from the popular sphere have been produced since the beginning of the 21st century. Creations that come from the environment of Peruvian tropical music called chicha music. A significant first step was the change in the design and composition of the chicha poster, from advertising tropical music parties to one that conveyed ideas. In this way, it was connected with other popular and city spaces, becoming a diversity of creative proposals that were called chicha aesthetics. Why in a city like Lima, cosmopolitan, highly interconnected and globalized, does an artistic-cultural production of a popular nature emerge and generate impact from the environment of tropical chicha music? What characteristics does this aesthetic have and what relationship does it establish with ancestral culture in a highly interconnected context? These are some of t...

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In this article, I will address the social and cultural processes involved in the shaping and popularity of the popular idol of Peruvian tropical music chicha , «Papá Chacalón.» He was a singer who emerged from the most marginalized sectors of Lima society. Among his followers are mayors, prisoners serving their sentence in jail, as well as men and women from the poor neighborhoods of Lima. Several decades after his death, there is a new legion of fans, «chicheros chacaloneros» (Chacalón’s followers). The popular idol, in this context, is configured based on and from the daily relationship between Chacalón and his followers. In this work, I will place special emphasis on the idol-follower relationship, the forms of social interaction, and the cultural assessments involved. I will posit that the ideas of equality and social recognition are central elements in the construction of...

In Lima, new forms of artistic creation that come from the popular sphere have been produced since the beginning of the 21st century. Creations that come from the environment of Peruvian tropical music called chicha music. A significant first step was the change in the design and composition of the chicha poster, from advertising tropical music parties to one that conveyed ideas. In this way, it was connected with other popular and city spaces, becoming a diversity of creative proposals that were called chicha aesthetics. Why in a city like Lima, cosmopolitan, highly interconnected and globalized, does an artistic-cultural production of a popular nature emerge and generate impact from the environment of tropical chicha music? What characteristics does this aesthetic have and what relationship does it establish with ancestral culture in a highly int...

No presenta resumen

In this article, I will address the social and cultural processes involved in the shaping and popularity of the popular idol of Peruvian tropical music—chicha —, «Papá Chacalón.» He was a singer who emerged from the most marginalized sectors of Lima society. Among his followers are mayors, prisoners serving their sentence in jail, as well as men and women from the poor neighborhoods of Lima. Several decades after his death, there is a new legion of fans, «chicheros chacaloneros» (Chacalón’s followers). The popular idol, in this context, is configured based on and from the daily relationship between Chacalón and his followers. In this work, I will place special emphasis on the idol-follower relationship, the forms of social interaction, and the cultural assessments involved. I will posit that the ideas of equality and social recognition are central elements in the constructi...

No presenta resumen

In Lima, new forms of artistic creation that come from the popular sphere have been produced since the beginning of the 21st century. Creations that come from the environment of Peruvian tropical music called chicha music. A significant first step was the change in the design and composition of the chicha poster, from advertising tropical music parties to one that conveyed ideas. In this way, it was connected with other popular and city spaces, becoming a diversity of creative proposals that were called chicha aesthetics. Why in a city like Lima, cosmopolitan, highly interconnected and globalized, does an artistic-cultural production of a popular nature emerge and generate impact from the environment of tropical chicha music? What characteristics does this aesthetic have and what relationship does it establish with ancestral culture in a highly int...

La presente investigación tiene como propósito el estudio de la música chicha. Este género musical, como producto de una serie de circunstancias que se han producido en estas tres últimas décadas, se ha convertido en un fenómeno socio-cultural de importancia. Su consumo mayoritario y su impacto en el país, sobre todo desde los años 1980 en adelante, ha despertado un inusitado interés, no sólo de cultores y detractores también de la intelectualidad, de estudiosos de la cultura, de científicos sociales que han visto en ella la manifestación de un Perú de esta época, discutiendo su rol dentro de la cultura peruana.

La presente investigación tiene como propósito el estudio de la música chicha. Este género musical, como producto de una serie de circunstancias que se han producido en estas tres últimas décadas, se ha convertido en un fenómeno socio-cultural de importancia. Su consumo mayoritario y su impacto en el país, sobre todo desde los años 1980 en adelante, ha despertado un inusitado interés, no sólo de cultores y detractores también de la intelectualidad, de estudiosos de la cultura, de científicos sociales que han visto en ella la manifestación de un Perú de esta época, discutiendo su rol dentro de la cultura peruana.

Aborda el estudio de la estética chicha como una de las producciones artístico culturales más significativas gestada en el ámbito popular urbano limeño a inicio del presente siglo, exteriorizada desde el 2010. Desde esta década se expande en Lima, surgen nuevos grupos y colectivos barriales de arte popular, trasciende hacia otros grupos sociales y artísticos de la ciudad. La estética chicha se expresa en una variedad de producciones gráficas con una pluralidad de formatos y colores luminosos, fosforescentes. De este modo, la estética chicha ha pasado del afiche a la fotografía y la pintura; desde el papel, el lienzo hasta las paredes como los murales; desde los barrios hasta las galerías de arte. Buscamos entender la estética chicha desde una mirada comprensiva, en la que el arte y la estética son parte de la producción y percepción humana y cultural, insertas en una soci...