This is the first global study of the single most important intellectual and artistic movement in Brazilian cultural history before Modernism. The Indianist movement, under the direct patronage of the Emperor Pedro II, was a major pillar of the Empire's project of state-building, involving historians, poets, playwrights and novelists in the production of a large body of work extending over most of the nineteenth century. Tracing the parallel history of official indigenist policy and Indianist writing, Treece reveals the central role of the Indian in constructing the self-image of state and...
This is the first global study of the single most important intellectual and artistic movement in Brazilian cultural history before Modernism. The ...
During the last hundred years, the private and public voices of Latin American poetry have offered a wealth of imaginative responses to the region's social and political experiences. In the face of capitalist modernization, dictatorship and imperialist domination, poets have fought back. "The Gathering of Voices" argues that the best of Latin American poetry has set out to rediscover its roots in local experience and to enter a dialogue with the "ordinary" discourses of popular culture and tradition. The implication is that an alternative response to oppression is possible, one inspired by...
During the last hundred years, the private and public voices of Latin American poetry have offered a wealth of imaginative responses to the region's s...
As Brazil grows in stature as a global power, more and more people are discovering the country s fascinating culture, especially the striking exuberance and inventiveness of Brazilian popular music. In Brazilian Jive, David Treece uncovers the genius of Brazilian song, both as a sophisticated, articulate art form crafted out of the dialogue between music and language and as a powerfully eloquent expression of the country s social and political history.Focusing on the cultural struggles of making music in Brazil, Treece traces the rise of samba through the bossa nova revolution of the...
As Brazil grows in stature as a global power, more and more people are discovering the country s fascinating culture, especially the striking exuberan...
