White face, black mask : Africaneity and the early social history of popular music in Brazil / Darien J. Davis.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Black American and diasporic studies.
Main Author: Davis, Darién J., 1964-
Language:English
Published: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Series:Black American and diasporic studies.
Subjects:
Popular music > Brazil > 20th century > African influences.
Ethnicity > Brazil > History > 20th century.
Brazil > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Brazil > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Physical Description:xxx, 265 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Afro-Brazilian pioneers, blackness, and the roots of Brazilian popular music
  • Afro-Brazilians and the early popular music forums of Rio de Janeiro
  • Race, class, and technology in the promotion of the popular Brazilian sound
  • Race, class, and the making of the King
  • Africaneity, performance, and the women of Brazilian popular music
  • Race and Brazilianness abroad in the early era of globalization
  • Afro-Brazilian performers and the legacy of music of the Vargas era.