1st Edition
The Defence of Tradition in Brazilian Popular Music Politics, Culture and the Creation of Música Popular Brasileira
By Sean Stroud
Copyright 2008
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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.
Biography
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). [email protected]
’Stroud’s book is the outcome of serious research....[It] is highly recommendable for its penetrating analysis of some key discourses that have been shaping public policies regarding popular music in Brazil. ...the examination of recent musical enterprises is a welcome addition to the scholarly debates on what direction such initiatives should take. Stroud is correct when he points to a more fluid notion of national identity in Brazilian popular music today, which has changed the way the label MPB has been appropriated - a phenomenon which demands further study. The aspects of the book that generate polemics are even more important, to the extent that change can only come through conflict, not through conciliation.’ International Association for the Study of Popular Music ’... a fresh approach ...This book is an important scholarly addition to the existing bibliography on Brazilian popular music, and will be essential reading for those studying this field. It is underpinned by original research and rigorous analysis, and is accompanied by a very useful bibliography.’ Journal of Latin American Studies ’... a major study by Sean Stroud ... a persuasive narrative ... a welcome addition to the study of one of the most singular music movements of the twentieth century.’ Journal of Popular Music '...a thoroughly researched and well-conceived exploration ... [the book] offers a fresh perspective that provides an important opportunity for self-reflection and awareness among theorists, researchers and students concerned with Brazilian music. ...a crucial contribution to studies on Brazilian music and ideology.' Bulletin of Spanish Studies '[Stroud] does an excellent job of teasing out the various polemics related to Brazilian popular music...' The World of Music
