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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458166803321

Autore

Stroud Sean <1956->

Titolo

The defence of tradition in Brazilian popular music [[electronic resource] ] : politics, culture and the creation of música popular brasileira / / Sean Stroud

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2008

ISBN

1-317-03619-0

1-317-03618-2

1-281-33214-3

9786611332143

0-7546-8356-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Ashgate popular and folk music series

Disciplina

781.640981

Soggetti

Popular music - Brazil - 20th century - History and criticism

Music - Political aspects - Brazil

Nationalism in music

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Musical Nationalism and the 'Cultural Invasion' Debate; 2 Inventing the Idea of MPB; 3 Television and Popular Music; 4 Cultural Imperialism, Globalization, and the Brazilian Record Industry; 5 The State as Cultural Mediator: The Política Nacional de Cultura, FUNARTE and the Projecto Pixinguinha; 6 Musical Mapping: Locating and Defending the Regional; 7 Reconsidering Musical Tradition: Música do Brasil and Rumos Itaú Cultural Música; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sean Stroud examines how and why Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) has come to have such a high status, and why the musical tradition (including MPB) within Brazil has been defended with such vigour for so long. He emphasizes the importance of musical nationalism as an underlying ideology to discussions about Brazilian popular music since the 1920's, and the key debate on so-called 'cultural invasion' in Brazil. The roles of those responsible for the construction of the idea of MPB



are examined in detail. Stroud goes on to consider the impact of the Brazilian record industry in the light of theory