Description
Book SynopsisMore than simply a paragon of Brazilian samba, Dona (Lady) Ivone Lara's 1981
Sorriso Negro (translated to Black Smile) is an album deeply embedded in the political and social tensions of its time. Released less than two years after the Brazilian military dictatorship approved the Lei de Anistia (the Opening that put Brazil on a path toward democratic governance),
Sorriso Negro reflects the seminal shifts occurring within Brazilian society as former exiles reinforced notions of civil rights and feminist thought in a nation under the iron hand of a military dictatorship that had been in place since 1964. By looking at one of the most important samba albums ever recorded (and one that also happened to be authored by a black woman), Mila Burns explores the pathbreaking career of Dona Ivone Lara, tracing the ways in which she navigated the tense gender and race relations of the samba universe to ultimately conquer the masculine world of samba composers.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 Women and Samba A Sereia Guiomar De Braços Com a Felicidade Alguém Me Avisou Homemade Samba Meu Fim de Carnaval Não Foi Ruim and Nunca Mais First Steps The Rise of Feminism Part 2 Faces Names Os Cinco Bailes da História do Rio Adeus de um Poeta Me Deixa Ficar Unhas Tendência Part 3 Sorriso Negro One Smile for Two Samba and Dictatorship Silencing a Movement The Black Movement of the 1970s Axé de Ianga Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
