{"id":7485,"date":"2017-04-21T02:05:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T02:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=7485"},"modified":"2017-04-21T02:05:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T02:05:10","slug":"brazilian-literature-the-history-of-samba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/brazilian-literature-the-history-of-samba\/","title":{"rendered":"[Brazilian Literature] – The history of samba"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cQuem n\u00e3o gosta de Samba, bom sujeito n\u00e3o \u00e9\u201d [Those who don\u2019t like samba are not good people]<\/span><\/p>\n

Oi, galera! Hey, everyone!<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a post about Brazilian literature, but it may just as well fall under our [Brazilian Music] heading. Today we\u2019ll talk about Lira Neto\u2019s newest release <\/span>Uma hist\u00f3ria do Samba: as origens <\/span><\/i>(A history of samba: the origins). If you\u2019re interested in learning about one of Brazil\u2019s major music genre, this might just be the<\/span> livro<\/span><\/i> (book) for you. Not only do you get to find out more about this rhythm that has become an intrinsic part of our national identity, you can also practice your<\/span> habilidades de leitura<\/span><\/i> (reading skills) in Portuguese!<\/span><\/p>\n

Palavras-chave (keywords): livro<\/em> (book), ler<\/em> (read)<\/p>\n

Lira Neto is a journalist and <\/span>um escritor<\/span><\/i> (a writer) from Cear\u00e1 (a Northeastern state in Brazil) who became<\/span> conhecido<\/span><\/i> (known) for his monumental and comprehensive biography on the Brazilian president Get\u00falio Vargas. The author sets himself to the laborious – though immensely gratifying – task of conducting extensive research on the subject and delving into the complex origins and roots of samba.<\/span><\/p>\n

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O autor Lira Neto (photo by Marcos Alves)<\/p><\/div>\n

Neto tells the <\/span>vida<\/span><\/i> (life) of composers and musicians the were key figures to the history of the genre, offering documents, photographs and even police reports as part of his sources to gather information. The book rebukes old clich\u00e9s and discusses how the music style was formed <\/span>no come\u00e7o <\/span><\/i>(in the beginning) of the 20th century, coming originally from afro-Brazilian beats and being influenced by <\/span>muitos<\/span><\/i> (many) other rhythms. Initially frowned upon by the<\/span> carioca <\/span><\/i>(born in Rio de Janeiro) elites due to its humble black origins, <\/span>samba<\/b> faced a lot of discrimination back when it was emerging in the music scenario, amid many social and racial conflicts. Now the genre enjoys a lasting popular success and it became widely accepted and embraced as a symbol of Brazilian culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Uma hist\u00f3ria do samba<\/p><\/div>\n

Find below an excerpt from the book, followed by a translation in English: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOra entendida como signo de resist\u00eancia, ora percebida como um universo cultural submetido a um processo de crescente domestica\u00e7\u00e3o, essa m\u00fasica mesti\u00e7a, que acabou encontrando no samba a sua maior forma expressiva, aprendeu a negociar espa\u00e7os e a se reelaborar de maneira permanente, antropof\u00e1gica, incorporando e deglutindo m\u00faltiplas influ\u00eancias. Nessas idas e vindas, ao longo do percurso que retirou o samba da condi\u00e7\u00e3o de g\u00eanero marginal e o converteu em \u2018s\u00edmbolo m\u00e1ximo da brasilidade\u2019, n\u00e3o faltaram aqueles que chegaram a lastimar, em diferentes momentos, a sua presumida perda de autenticidade\u201d (p\u00e1g. 25)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt times understood as a sign of resistance, at others perceived as a cultural universe submitted to a growing process of domestication, this mestizo music, which ended up finding in samba its greatest expressive form, learned to negotiate spaces and to re-elaborate itself in a permanent, anthropophagic way, incorporating and deconstructing multiple influences. In these comings and goings, along the course that removed samba from the condition of being a marginal genre and turned it into the ‘ultimate symbol of Brazilianness’, there were those who came to lament, at different moments, its presumed loss of authenticity\u201d (page 25)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re curious, you can comprar<\/em> (purchase) the book on any bookstore in Brazil or you can get it from Amazon online:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.amazon.com.br\/Uma-Hist%C3%B3ria-Samba-As-Origens\/dp\/8535928561\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492697860&sr=8-1&keywords=hist%C3%B3ria+do+samba<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00c9 isso! That’s it! Espero que tenham gostado. I hope you liked it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

\u201cQuem n\u00e3o gosta de Samba, bom sujeito n\u00e3o \u00e9\u201d [Those who don\u2019t like samba are not good people] Oi, galera! Hey, everyone! This is a post about Brazilian literature, but it may just as well fall under our [Brazilian Music] heading. Today we\u2019ll talk about Lira Neto\u2019s newest release Uma hist\u00f3ria do Samba: as origens…<\/p>\n

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