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Samba, Blues and Jazz: Love, Money and Race in Brazilian and American Music

by Ruben George Oliven
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781041148746
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 158
  • Original Price: GBP 171.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 1
  • Item Weight: 413 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): History & Criticism

This book compares the origins of samba, jazz, and the blues, discussing the racial and popular class elements surrounding them and how white middle-class composers gradually appropriated them, in the context of Brazil and the United States, providing invaluable comparative insights about modernity, music and race. These musical styles developed at the beginning of the twentieth century when Brazil and the United States, despite their differences, underwent significant social processes, such as dealing with the consequences of enslavement, European and global migration, rapid urbanization and industrialization, monetization of life, changes in gender and family relations, and the building of national identities. Their lyrics carry potent messages that reflect their social context and shed light on recurring themes such as work, money, love, gender, family, and race. Many of these songs have become classics that continue to resonate with the imaginaries of both countries. Brazilian and American music intertwined through the performances of Black musicians in 1920s Paris, the development of jazz bands in Brazil, and the presence of artists like Carmen Miranda in 1940s Hollywood.

The book will be of interest to those studying the modern Americas, popular culture, music and race, affect in history, gender, and capitalism.

Ruben George Oliven is a professor of anthropology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. A former Fulbright scholar, he has held visiting professorships at several universities, including the University of California-Berkeley, Brown University, Dartmouth College, University of Illinois, Emory University, the University of Paris, and Leiden University. He is the recipient of the Érico Vannucci Mendes Prize for his distinguished contributions to the study of Brazilian culture. His research focuses on urbanization, national and regional identities, popular culture and music, and the symbolic dimensions of money.

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