Mystery of samba, the: popular music and national identity in brazil
Éditeur :
The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN :
9780807847664
Date de publication :
16 févr. 1999
Dimensions :
23,5 x 14,0 x 1,0 cm
Poids :
236 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.