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Book SynopsisCovering more than one hundred years of history, this multidisciplinary collection of essays illuminates the important links between citizenship, national belonging, and popular music in Brazil.
Trade Review“Idelber Avelar’s and Christopher Dunn’s book is not only an invaluable aid in understanding the complex relationship between culture and politics in Brazil. It also helps us to understand how culture and politics act together in forming our common future, and even suggests ways in which we as citizens might have a hand in determining how things turn out.”—
Arto Lindsay, musician and artist
“This book is quite important for understanding the significance of music in Brazil. It shows that music—as a complex social, cultural, artistic, and even political phenomenon—was part and parcel of the constitution of citizenship. Music has been a crucial constitutive factor in Brazilians’ sense of belonging.”—
George Yúdice, author of
The Expediency of Culture: Uses of Culture in the Global Era“
Brazilian Popular Music and Citizenship is a significant contribution to the discussions of the Latin American social movements, cultural politics, and participatory democracy that have been taking place in the academy, policy circles, and among grassroots movements over the last 20 years. The international currency of cultural citizenship discourses, together with the present proliferation of musical expressions from Brazil’s peripheries, make this a timely publication, and its rich case studies will be of interest to scholars in cultural studies, anthropology, ethnomusicology, and related disciplines.” -- Darien Lamen * The Americas *
“[T]hought-provoking. . . .” -- Clive Bell * The Wire *
“Since ethnomusicologists have noticed and bemoaned the neglect of music in introductory anthropology courses and texts (which is all that most students will ever see of the subject), this powerful anthology will hopefully encourage anthropologists to take more seriously the place of music in contemporary politics and identity and to integrate that topic—surely one that students would enjoy hearing—into their teaching and writing.” -- Jack David Eller * Anthropology Review Database *
“[A] fascinating book…. the crucial role that Brazilian music plays in the social and political sphere makes this book relevant for a variety of academic disciplines and important beyond any scholarly trend.” -- Kavin Paulraj * Hispanic American Historical Review *
"[A]n excellent source for anyone interested in Brazilian popular music in relation to power, identity, race, and the cultural industry.” -- Rogerio Budasz * Music and Letters *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix
Introduction. Music as Practice of Citizenship in Brazil / Idelber Avelar and Christopher Dunn 1
Dissonant Voices under a Regime of Order-(—)Unity: Popular Music and Work in the Estado Novo / Adalberto Paranhos 28
Orpheonic Chant and the Construction of Childhood in Brazilian Elementary Education / Flávio Oliveira 44
Farewell to MPB / Carlos Sandroni 64
From Mr. Citizen to Defective Android: Tom Zé and Citizenship in Brazil / Christopher Dunn 74
Rude Poetics of the 1980s: The Politics and Aesthetics of Os Titãs / Angélica Madeira 96
"We Live Daily in Two Countries": Audiotopias of Postdictatorship Brazil / Frederick Moehn 109
Soundtracking Landlessness: Music and Rurality in the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurias Sem Terra / Malcolm K. McNee 131
Zhen's Brasil's Japanese Brazilian Groove / Shanna Lorenz 155
Embodying the Favela: Representation, Mediation, and Citizenship in the Music of Bezerra da Silva / Aaron Lorenz 172
Hip-Hop in São Paulo: Identity, Community Formation, and Social Action / Wivian Weller and Marco Aurélio Paz Tella 188
"Conquistando Espaço": Hip-Hop Occupations of São Paulo / Derek Pardue 205
Funk Music Made in Brazil: Media and Moral Panic / João Freire Filho and Micael Herschmann 223
Technobrega, Forró, Lambadão: The Parallel Music of Brazil / Hermano Vianna 240
"Tradition as Adventure": Black Music, New Afro-Descendent Subjects and Pluralization of Modernity in Salvador da Bahia / Osmundo Pinho 250
Modernity, Agency, and Sexuality in the Pagode Baiano / Ari Lima 267
Candeal and Carlinhos Brown: Social and Musical Contexts of an Afro-Brazilian Community / Goli Guerreiro 278
Of Mud Huts and Modernity: The Performance of Civic Progress at Arcoverde's São João Festival / Daniel Sharp 291
Mangue Beat Music and the Coding of Citizenship in Sound / Idelber Avelar 313
Works Cited 331
Contributors 353
Index 357
