"Maracatu atômico" : tradition, modernity, and postmodernity in the Mangue movement of Recife, Brazil / by Philip Galinsky.
| Author/creator | Galinsky, Philip |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2002. |
| Description | xix, 228 pages : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Current research in ethnomusicology ; 3 Current research in ethnomusicology 3. ^A522955 |
| Contents | Introduction. My introduction to mangue and the "new music scene" of Recife ; The objective, scope, and basic findings of the research ; A review of literature on Brazilian popular music ; Theoretical orientation ; Research methods and fieldwork synopsis ; Organization of the dissertation ; Some background on Recife -- "Da lama ao caos" (From mud to chaos): a history of the mangue movement and "new music scene" of Recife. Introduction ; Setting the scene: Recife in the 1980s ; The emergence of chico science and Nacao Zumbi ; Mundo livre S/A (Free world Ltd.) ; Fred Zero Quatro's first bands and the early years of mundo livre S/A ; Fred Zero Quatro and chico science meet: the making of Mangue ; The beginnings of a "new music scene" ; The Manifesto Mangue ; The consolidation of Recife's "new music scene" ; Mangue to the world ; The Recife scene loses its "greatest exponent" -- Mangue in the context of Brazilian pop music history: a comparison with other movements. Introduction ; Tropicalia ; Pernambucan precedents to Mangue ; Rock Brasil: the 1980s boom in Brazilian rock -- "E do caralho ser Pernambucano, porra!" ("It's damn cool to be Pernambucan!"): an ethnography of the Recife music scene. Introduction ; Folklore and Recife's middle class: new folkloric associations ; "Regional rhythms bands": bands that work predominantly with regional folk styles ; Regional folk artists and associations ; Rock, rap, and the Mangue -- Mangue, postmodernity, and the global culture debate. Introduction ; Mangue style and ideology ; The local within the global and the global within the local: a postmodern challenge to national identity ; Mangue and the global culture debate -- Appendices. The Manifesto Mangue ; Musical transcriptions and analysis ; Song notes ; Fieldwork account -- Glossary. |
| Abstract | This is the first academic work to investigate the mangue movement, one of Brazil's most vital pop culture trends of the last thirty years, and the related "new music scene" of Northeast Brazil. Contending with the widespread poverty and social problems, mangue places a renewed value on the local environment and its myriad folk traditions while embracing modern, global pop influences and technology. The book provides historical and ethnographic accounts of the movement, analyzes salient examples of folk and pop fusion music, and enters recent debates about postmodernity, globalization, and "world music" in an attempt to understand better how local musicians in one "Third World" region interact within a more global cultural system. |
| General note | Originally presented as the author's thesis (Wesleyan University). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224), discography (pages 213-215), and index. |
| LCCN | 2002002501 |
| ISBN | 0415940222 |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML3487.B78 R43 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |