[PDF.16kg] The Mystery of Samba : Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil

The Mystery of Samba : Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil

[PDF.ym34] The Mystery of Samba : Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil

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 | #871312 in Books |  The University of North Carolina Press |  1999-02-16 |  1999-02-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.42 x5.50l,.52 | File type: PDF | 168 pages

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||10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting, but requires some Brazilian "cultural literacy"|By A. J. Sutter|Halfway through this book, I'd have agreed with the reviewer who complains that the dancer on the cover is misleading. But by the time I finished it, I could see an angle from which the cover was appropriate. Why do we take it for granted that samba and dancers like the one shown symbolize Brazil? --|From Library Journal|The "mystery" of the title is samba's transformation "from infamous outcast to (virtually official) national emblem." Brazilian anthropologist Vianna here casts a dry postmodern eye on issues of cultural invention and the identification of "

Samba is Brazil's "national rhythm" the foremost symbol of its culture and nationhood. To the outsider, samba and the famous pre-Lenten carnival of which it is the centerpiece seem to showcase the country's African heritage. Within Brazil, however, samba symbolizes the racial and cultural mixture that, since the 1930s, most Brazilians have come to believe defines their unique national identity. But how did Brazil become "the Kingdom of Samba" only a few decades after abo...

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