Hermano Vianna

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The Mystery of Samba: Popular Music and National Identity in BrazilPaperback, 16 February 1999

The Mystery of Samba: Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil
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Part of Series
Latin America in Translation/En Traducción/Em Tradução
Part of Series
Latin America in Translation/En Traduccion/Em Traducao
Print Length
168 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Date Published
16 Feb 1999
ISBN-10
0807847666
ISBN-13
9780807847664

Description

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 abolishing slavery in 1888? Typically, samba is represented as having changed spontaneously, mysteriously, from a "repressed" music of the marginal and impoverished to a national symbol cherished by all Brazilians. Here, however, Hermano Vianna shows that the nationalization of samba actually rested on a long history of relations between different social groups--poor and rich, weak and powerful--often working at cross-purposes to one another.
A fascinating exploration of the "invention of tradition," The Mystery of Samba is an excellent introduction to Brazil's ongoing conversation on race, popular culture, and national identity.

Product Details

Author:
Hermano Vianna
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
16 February 1999
Dimensions:
23.57 x 14.02 x 1.09 cm
ISBN-10:
0807847666
ISBN-13:
9780807847664
Language:
English
Location:
Chapel Hill
Pages:
168
Weight:
235.87 gm

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