The mystery of samba: popular music & national identity in Brazil
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Main Author: Vianna, Hermano (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press ©1999
Series:Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
The encounter -- The mystery -- Popular music and the Brazilian elite -- The unity of the nation -- Race mixture -- Gilberto Freyre -- The modern Samba -- Samba of my native land -- Nowhere at all
For Brazilians, samba symbolizes the racial and cultural mixture that now defines their national identity. As the story behind Brazil's nationalization of samba, this book offers a unique approach to the country's ongoing conversation on race, popular culture, and national identity
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xx, 147 pages)
ISBN:080782464X
0807847666
0807898864
9780807824641
9780807847664
9780807898864

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