Making Samba: A New History of Race and Music in Brazil

Contents

Contents A Note about Brazilian Terminology, Currency, and Orthography ix Abbreviations xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 One. Between Fascination and Fear Musicians’ Worlds in Nineteenth-­ Century Rio de Janeiro 17 Two. Beyond the Punishment Paradigm Popular Entertainment and Social Control after Abolition 31 Three. Musicians Outside the Circle Race, Wealth, and Property in Fred Figner’s Music Market 66 Four. “Our Music” ​ “Pelo telefone,” the Oito Batutas, and the Rise of “Samba” 94 Five. Mediators and Competitors Musicians, Journalists, and the Roda do Samba 116 Six. Bodies and Minds Mapping Africa and Brazil during the Golden Age 146 Seven. Alliances and Limits The SBAT and the Rise of the Entertainment Class 169 Eight. Everywhere and Nowhere The UBC and the Consolidation of Racial and Gendered Difference 194 Nine. After the Golden Age Reinvention and Political Change 227 Conclusion 244 Notes 253 Bibliography 299 Index 337 A photo gallery appears after page 168. ...