A Respectable Spell: Transformations of Samba in Rio de Janeiro (Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies) - Hardcover

Sandroni, Carlos

 
9780252044021: A Respectable Spell: Transformations of Samba in Rio de Janeiro (Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0252044029 ISBN 13: 9780252044021
Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2021

Synopsis

A landmark in Brazilian music scholarship, A Respectable Spell introduces English-speaking readers to the rich history of samba from its nineteenth century origins to its emergence as a distinctive genre in the 1930s. Merging storytelling with theory, Carlos Sandroni profiles performers, composers, and others while analyzing the complex ideologies their music can communicate in their lyrics and rhythms, and how the meaning of songs and musical genres can vary depending on social and historical context. He also delves into lundu, modinha, maxixe, and many other genres of Brazilian music; presents the little-heard voices and perspectives of marginalized Brazilians like the African-descended sambistas; and presents a study in step with the types of decolonial approaches to ethnomusicology that have since emerged, treating the people being studied not only as makers of music but also of knowledge.

Incisive and comprehensive, A Respectable Spell tells the compelling story of an iconic Brazilian musical genre.

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About the Author

Carlos Sandroni is a professor of ethnomusicology in the Faculty of Music and the Faculty of Anthropology at the Federal University of Pernambuco (Recife). He was chairman of the Brazilian Association of Ethnomusicology from 2002 to 2004. His books include Mário contra Macunaíma: Cultura e política em Mário de Andrade. Michael Iyanaga is an assistant professor of music and Latin American studies at the College of William and Mary. His books include Desafios e particularidades da produção antropológica no Norte e Nordeste do Brasil.

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0252044029
ISBN 13 
9780252044021
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304

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