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Describes Portugal's transition from fascism to democracy, and from imperial metropole to EU member state. This book examines the evolution of Ranchos folcloricos, groups of amateur musicians and dancers who perform turn-of-the-century popular tradition and have acted as cultural barometers of change throughout 20th-century Portugal.

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations

Introduction
1. Choreographing the Spirit: Fascism, Folklorization, and Everyday Resistance
2. Battling the Bonitinho: Revolution, Reform, and Ethnographic Authenticity
3. From Intestines into Heart: The Performance of Cultural Kinship
4. Festival Hospitality: New Paradigms of Travel and Exchange
5. "We Will Not Be Jazzed Up!": Lisbon 94 and Ranchos' Festival Absence
6. Dancing along the In-between: Folklore Performance and Transmigration in Newark, New Jersey
Conclusion

Appendix: Musical Notation of Select Modas from the Repertoire of the Rancho Folclorico de Alenquer
Notes
Works Cited
Index

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 20/10/2005
      ISBN13: 9780253218315, 978-0253218315
      ISBN10: 0253218314
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Describes Portugal's transition from fascism to democracy, and from imperial metropole to EU member state. This book examines the evolution of Ranchos folcloricos, groups of amateur musicians and dancers who perform turn-of-the-century popular tradition and have acted as cultural barometers of change throughout 20th-century Portugal.

      Table of Contents

      Contents
      Acknowledgments
      List of Abbreviations

      Introduction
      1. Choreographing the Spirit: Fascism, Folklorization, and Everyday Resistance
      2. Battling the Bonitinho: Revolution, Reform, and Ethnographic Authenticity
      3. From Intestines into Heart: The Performance of Cultural Kinship
      4. Festival Hospitality: New Paradigms of Travel and Exchange
      5. "We Will Not Be Jazzed Up!": Lisbon 94 and Ranchos' Festival Absence
      6. Dancing along the In-between: Folklore Performance and Transmigration in Newark, New Jersey
      Conclusion

      Appendix: Musical Notation of Select Modas from the Repertoire of the Rancho Folclorico de Alenquer
      Notes
      Works Cited
      Index

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