ISBN:
9780822345206
,
9780822345374
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 297 S.
,
Kt.
DDC:
781.6420981
Keywords:
Geschichte
;
Gesellschaft
;
Politik
;
Country music History and criticism
;
Música sertaneja History and criticism
;
Country music Social aspects
;
Música sertaneja Social aspects
;
Country music Political aspects
;
Música sertaneja Political aspects
;
Countrymusic
;
Brasilien
;
Brasilien
;
Brasilien
;
Countrymusic
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
River of Tears is the first ethnography of Brazilian country music, one of the most popular genres in Brazil yet least-known outside it. Beginning in the mid-1980s, commercial musical duos practicing musica sertaneja reached beyond their home in Brazil's central-southern region to become national bestsellers. Rodeo events revolving around country music came to rival soccer matches in attendance. A revival of folkloric rural music called musica caipira, heralded as musica sertaneja's ancestor, also took shape. And all the while, large numbers of Brazilians in the central-south were moving to cities, using music to support the claim that their Brazil was first and foremost a rural nation. Since 1998, Alexander Sebastian Dent has analyzed rural music in the state of Sao Paulo, interviewing and spending time with listeners, musicians, songwriters, journalists, record-company owners, and radio hosts. Dent not only describes the production and reception of this music, he also explains why the genre experienced such tremendous growth as Brazil transitioned from an era of dictatorship to a period of intense neoliberal reform.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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