Caracterizando a indústria do forró como parte da indústria criativa do município de Fortaleza

Abstract

The creative industries, according to Ministério da Cultura, are considered the strategic axis of development for different countries and continents. Batista and other authors also consider it important for the development of delimited places, such as municipalities. The forró rnusic was inserted in the cultural market by Luiz Gonzaga and assumed characteristics of an industry with Emanuel Gurgel and electronic forró style in the 1990s. This study aims to characterize the forró industry in Fortaleza, according to the literature about the subject, as part of the creative industry. It's discussed the concepts of creative industry, creative industry classification models, the history of forró music and the arrangement of forró's productive industry in Fortaleza. As for the rnethodology used, the research is qualitative in nature; classified as descriptive, bibliographical and docurnentary, using the Content Analysis rnethod for data and information processing. According to the sources raised by the survey, one can observe the characteristics that are deemed necessary to characterize an industry as creative are present in the literature about the subjetct. It can also be said that the forró industry produces products (music and musical performances) that reflect not only the identity ofFortaleza's citizens but also ofthe Northeastem people, and that the products ad