Vianna, Hermano. <br/><br/>
The mystery of samba :  popular music & national identity in Brazil / 
Hermano Vianna ; edited and translated by John Charles Chasteen. 
 - Chapel Hill, N.C. ;  London :  University of North Carolina Press,  1999. 
 - xx, 147p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> How did Brazil become the Kingdom of Samba only a few decades after abolishing slavery in 1888? This book shows that the national popularity of samba grew out of existing relations between different social groups. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translation of: O mistério do samba. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0807847666 (pbk.) :  £11.95 080784764X (hbk.) :  £25.95 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Samba (Dance)--Brazil.<br/>Music--Social aspects--Brazil.<br/>Popular music--History and criticism.--Brazil<br/>National characteristics, Brazilian.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>784.1'888