The Mystery of Samba : Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil

Traces how the samba became the national music of Brazil, and argues the aim was to create a distinctively Brazilian identity and the appearance of racial equality

• | Author: Hermano Vianna
• | Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• | Publication Date: February 16, 1999
• | Number of Pages: 168 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0807847666
• | ISBN-13: 9780807847664