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Musical difference, competition, and conflict: the maracatu groups in the Pernambuco carnival, Brazil.
September 22, 1996... I. Introduction
When speaking of Brazilian carnival one is immediately reminded of the famous carnivals in Rio de Janeiro or Salvador (Bahia). Much less is known abroad about another, most varied and interesting carnival festival: the...
Co-option, cultural resistance, and Afro-Brazilian identity: a history of the pagode samba movement in rio de Janeiro.
September 22, 1996... Lauded by popular composer and scholar Nei Lopes as "the most important musical phenomenon of the 1980s in Brazil" (1993, 7), the pagode trend represents a major turning point for the contemporary urban samba, Brazil's most famous musical...
The New Mexican early ballad tradition: reconsidering the New Mexican Folklorists' contribution to songs of intercultural conflict.(Critical Essay)
September 22, 1996... In his classic 1979 essay on the "Folklore of Groups of Mexican Origin in the United States," Chicano Folklorist Americo Paredes stresses the social and economic conditions of Mexicans within the United States in his search for a purely and...
A response to Melanie Plesch. (Letter to the Editor).
September 22, 1996... Melanie Plesch has taken me to task in her review of The Rioplatense Guitar, Volume I: The Early Guitar and Its Context in Argentina and Uruguay, which appeared in a recent issue of this journal (vol. 16, no. 2, PP. 242-55). Therefore my...
Rethinking the Popular: Recent Essays on Caribbean Music and Identity. (Reviews).(8 books)
September 22, 1996... HERNANDO CALVO OSPINA. iSalsa! Havana Beat, Bronx Beat. Translated by Nick Caistor. London: Latin America Bureau, 1995, p. 143. Photographs, notes, glossary, and index. Includes compact disk, cassette.
YVONNE DANIEL. Rumba: Dance and...
Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella. (Reviews: Film by Les Blank).
September 22, 1996... Sworn to the Drum: A Tribute to Francisco Aguabella. Directed by Les Blank. 35 min, color, 1995. Distributed by Flower Films and Video, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, Calif. 94530.
A master of folkloric and popular Afro-Cuban drumming...
Tinka de Alpaca, Wylancha, The Festival of Mamacha Carmen, Musical Instruments and Carmen, Musical Instruments and Genres of Lambayeque. (Reviews: Series of Ethnographic Videos from Peru).
September 22, 1996... "Tinka de Alpaca" (17 min., color, 1991), "Wylancha" (28 min. Color. 1992), "The Festival of Mamacha Carmen" (34 min., color, 1993), "Musical Instruments and Genres of Lambayeque" (28 min., color, 1993), A series of ethnographic videos...