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The Mystery of Samba
Language: en
Pages: 168
Authors: Hermano Vianna
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-11-09 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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Samba is Brazil's "national rhythm," the foremost symbol of its culture and nationhood. To the outsider, samba and the famous pre-Lenten carnival of which it is
The Mystery of Samba
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Hermano Vianna
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher:

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Points to the Brazilian nation's strong expression of popular culture as a long term transcultural experience between cultural elites and popular voices.
Hello, Hello Brazil
Language: en
Pages: 315
Authors: Bryan McCann
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-05-04 - Publisher: Duke University Press

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“Hello, hello Brazil” was the standard greeting Brazilian radio announcers of the 1930s used to welcome their audience into an expanding cultural marketplac
A Samba for Sherlock
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Jô Soares
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Vintage

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In this deftly crafted literary thriller, Brazilian author Jo Soares reimagines Conan Doyle's legendary sleuth while creating a crime novel that combines the au
The Social History of the Brazilian Samba
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: Lisa Shaw
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-25 - Publisher: Routledge

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First published in 1999, this volume examines the impact of political, social and cultural developments on the nation’s most popular musical form, samba, in t