[ANPPOM-L] Brazilian Popular Music and Globalization, by Charles Perrone

[Carlos Palombini]

Book Description

This collection of articles by leading scholars traces the history of 
Brazilian pop music through the twentieth-century. It focuses on how 
traditional Brazilian musical styles have been influenced by 
international popular music to form new hybrids. Since the heyday of 
Carmen Miranda in the 1940s, Brazilian influences have been felt in the 
US, and this two-way street has resulted in an explosion of rich musical 
styles. With today's emphasis on Global Pop and World Music, there is 
great interest in Latin American musical forms. For anyone interested in 
the history and scope of Brazilian music, this volume is a must-read.

About the Author

Charles A. Perrone (PhD Texas 1985) is Professor of Portuguese and 
Luso-Brazilian Literature and Culture at the University of Florida. He 
is the author of Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song: MPB 1965-1985 
(Texas, 1989), Seven Faces: Brazilian Poetry since Modernism (Duke, 
1996) and translators/editor of several books. He lives in Jacksonville, 
FL.Christopher Dunn (Ph D Brown 1996) is Assistant Professor at Tulane 
University, where he holds a joint appointment in the Department of 
Spanish and Portuguese and in the African and African Diaspora Studies 
Program. He is the author of a forthcoming book on the Tropicalist 
movement in Brazil and a contributor to Encarta on Afro-Brazilian topics 
including new popular music. He lives in New Orleans, LA.

See 
<http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/0415936950/ref=pe_606_3099960_pe_ar_d10415936950>.

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carlos palombini
diretor
centro de pesquisa em música contemporânea
universidade federal de minas gerais
cpmc-ufmg
<palombini em terra.com.br>