White face, black mask : Africaneity and the early social history of popular music in Brazil

Publication Data

• Title White face, black mask : Africaneity and the early social history of popular music in Brazil
• Author Darién J. Davis
• Publisher Michigan State University Press
• Publication date 2009
• Publication location East Lansing, Mich.
• Language English

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.

Topics

• 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
• Brazil

White face, black mask : Africaneity and the early social history of popular music in Brazil by Darién J. Davis. ISBN 9780870138348. Published by Michigan State University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.