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Author:

Davis, Darién J., 1964-

Title:

White face, black mask : Africaneity and the early social history of popular music in Brazil / Darien J. Davis.

Publisher:

Michigan State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xxx, 265 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Popular music--Brazil--20th century--African influences.
Ethnicity--Brazil--History--20th century.
Brazil--Social life and customs--20th century.
Brazil--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-255) and index.

Contents:

Afro-Brazilian pioneers, blackness, and the roots of Brazilian popular music -- Afro-Brazilians and the early popular music forums of Rio de Janeiro -- Race, class, and technology in the promotion of the popular Brazilian sound -- Race, class, and the making of the King -- Africaneity, performance, and the women of Brazilian popular music -- Race and Brazilianness abroad in the early era of globalization -- Afro-Brazilian performers and the legacy of music of the Vargas era.

Series:

Black American and diasporic studies series

ISBN:

0870138340 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780870138348 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)221961106

LCCN:

2008015193

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)