Forro and Redemptive Regionalism from the Brazilian Northeast
Popular Music in a Culture of Migration
For the many poor and working-class Northeastern Brazilians who have been displaced from their home region for economic reasons, the music of forró is a redemptive attempt at establishing an immanent relationship to history and community in the diaspora. The redemption explored in this book is multifaceted, including a desire to return home as part of a larger workforce in a sustainable economy, the desire to see the region's rich culture celebrated throughout Brazil, and to ensure that its traditional legacies are both preserved and further enriched through respectful innovation. The acute perceptiveness of forró musicians in portraying the…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4331-1076-4
- EAN: 9781433110764
- Produktnummer: 19039146
- Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 226 S.
- Masse: H15.7 cm x B23.2 cm x D1.9 cm 462 g
- Auflage: New ed
- Gewicht: 462
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Jack A. Draper III earned his Ph.D. in Literature at Duke University. Dr. Draper has published an array of scholarly articles and chapters relating to Brazilian popular music, literature and cinema. He continues his work in the field of Brazilian Cultural Studies in his current position of Assistant Professor of Portuguese at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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