Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil
by
Hermano Vianna
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
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 centerpiece seem to showcase the country's African heritage. Within Brazil, however, samba symbolizes the racial and cultural mixture...