Summary
Introduction 1
Chapter I – Samba in historiography 15
The word “samba” 17
A speech on samba 24
Samba as a musical genre 26
Popular & Folklore 34
The bibliographic gap 41
Beat and samba 44
Denial of the black creative role 49
Chapter II – The Perennial Samba as an African Form in Brazil 61
The matrix of African origin 61
The perennial samba in black religious music 72
Technical and theoretical methods 86
Lyrics of the song: poetry e message 89
Chapter III – The derived samba 95
Black people as a problem 99
The erudition of black people 100
The spectacle of samba 105
Derivatives 109
Chapter IV – Structure of social relations in samba 137
Industrialization and State 139
Reflections of Abolition 141
Derivative samba movement through social stratification 144
Race and social class 155
Social structure, black people and samba 157
Diffraction of social classes through Samba 159
Samba “whitening” 166
Chapter V – The Commodification of Samba 173
Evolution of “talking machines” and its market 174
The radio 181
Samba producers 188
Samba traders 196
Copyrights 197
Samba from the streets to commodity 198
Samba productive cycle, capital reproductive cycle 199
Chapter VI – Instrument of conciliation policy 211
Identity 211
The Vargas government, ideology and mechanisms of diffusion of its doctrine 215
Press, film and radio 217
Derivative samba and its relation to national identity 226
Derivative samba consolidation 242
Conclusion 245
References 257