Performing Folklore
Subtitle: Ranchos Folcloricos from Lisbon to Newark
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: November 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9780253218315
Subjects: Popular culture; Social Science; Sociology; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Folklore & Mythology; Folklore; Performance; Portugal; Social life and customs
Description: The author examines the evolution and significance of these groups of amateur musicians and dancers who have acted as cultural barometers of change throughout 20th century Portugal. She also considers the importance of revivalist folklore in the preservation of national identity in the face of globalisation.