The Social History of the Brazilian Samba

ISBN-13: 9780367024215 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 222 str.

Lisa Shaw

Opis

First published in 1999, this volume examines the impact of political, social and cultural developments on the nation’s most popular musical form, samba, in the context of the period 1930-45, one of huge social change in Brazil, with the introduction of industrialization under the authoritarian regime of Getúlio Vargas.

Spis treści

1. Samba: its Roots and Conventions. 2. The Vargas Regime (1930-45). 3. Samba and the Nascent Music Industry. 4. The Sambas of Ataúlfo Alves (1909-69). 5. The Sambas of Noel Rosa (1910-69). 6. The Sambas of Ari Barroso (1903-64).

O autorze

Lisa Shaw is Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool. She is author of The Social History of the Brazilian Samba (1999), co-author of Popular Cinema in Brazil (2004) and co-editor of Latin American Cinema: Essays on Modernity, Gender and National Identity (2005).