The mystery of samba : popular music & national identity in Brazil / Hermano Vianna ; edited and translated by John Charles Chasteen.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Portuguese Series: Latin America in translation/en traducción/em traduçãoPublication details: Chapel Hill, N.C. ; London : University of North Carolina Press, 1999Description: xx, 147p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0807847666 (pbk.) :; 080784764X (hbk.) :Uniform titles: O mistério do samba. English. Subject(s): Samba (Dance) -- Brazil | Music -- Social aspects -- Brazil | Popular music -- Brazil -- History and criticism | National characteristics, BrazilianDDC classification: 784.1'888 Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Translation of: O mistério do samba.
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