Sean Stroud

The Defence of Tradition in Brazilian Popular Music

Politics, Culture and the Creation of Música Popular Brasileira

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Produktbeschreibung

Sean Stroud examines how and why Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) has come to have such a high status, and why the musical tradition (including MPB) within Brazil has been defended with such vigour for so long. He emphasizes the importance of musical nationalism as an underlying ideology to discussions about Brazilian popular music since the 1920s, and the key debate on so-called 'cultural invasion' in Brazil. The roles of those responsible for the construction of the idea of MPB are examined in detail. Stroud goes on to consider the impact of the Brazilian record industry in the light of theories of cultural imperialism and globalization and also evaluates governmental intervention relating to popular music in the 1970s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780754663430
• ISBN-10: 0754663434
• Artikelnr.: 35731914

Autorenporträt

Sean Stroud completed his PhD in Brazilian popular music at King's College, University of London in 2005. He recently concluded a year of post-doctoral research at the University of São Paulo, studying the Vanguarda Paulista musical movement of the early 1980s. He has published several articles on the subject of Brazilian popular music and he is also a contributor to The Babel Guide to Brazilian Fiction in English Translation (Boulevard, 2001). [e-mail]

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Musical nationalism and the 'cultural invasion' debate
Inventing the idea of MPB
Television and popular music
Cultural imperialism, globalization, and the Brazilian record industry
The state as cultural mediator: the PolÃtica Nacional de Cultura, FUNARTE and the Projeto Pixinguinha
Musical mapping: locating and defending the regional
Reconsidering musical tradition: Música do Brasil and Tumos Itaú Cultural Música
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.