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

The Mystery of Samba: Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil - Latin America in Translation/en Traducción/em Tradução

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Publisher's Synopsis

Samba is Brazil's ""national rhythm"", the symbol of its culture and nationhood. It 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? The author of this book shows that the nationalization of samba actually rested on a long history of relations between different social groups, often working at cross-purposes to one another.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780807847664
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Pub date:
Edition: New edition 1
DEWEY: 784.1888
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 147
Weight: 236g
Height: 235mm
Width: 139mm
Spine width: 11mm