Summary – Samba and national identity

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