description: To the 70 million poor of Brazil, dreaming and planning for Carnival is an upside down ritual for exorcising their pain--a brilliant cultural and sexual release in which sequins are brighter than diamonds; prostitutes and pimps are queens and kings, and dancing skill is more prized than power.
language: English
title: Samba
titlecomplete: Samba
genres: Memoir, Music, History, Brazil, Nonfiction, Anthropology, School, Travel, Academic
ratings_count: 220
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Cape,