The mystery of samba
Subtitle: popular music & national identity in Brazil
By: Hermano Vianna ; edited and translated by John Charles Chasteen.
Contributors: Chasteen, John Charles, 1955-
Series: Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Sambas -- History and criticism; Popular music -- Brazil -- History and criticism; Music -- Social aspects -- Brazil
Description: Points to the Brazilian nation's strong expression of popular culture as a long term transcultural experience between cultural elites and popular voices.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.