Voices of Drought : The Politics of Music and Environment in Northeastern Brazil /

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In Voices of Drought, Michael B. Silvers proposes a scholarship focused on environmental justice to understand key questions in the study of music and the environment. His ecomusicological perspective offers a fascinating approach to events in Ceará, a northeastern Brazilian state affected by devas...

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Autor principal: Silvers, Michael B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Music > Political aspects.
Ecomusicology.
Droughts.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
24.45 sociology of music.
15.85 history of America.
Écomusicologie > Nordeste (Bresil)
Secheresses > Nordeste (Bresil)
Musique > Aspect politique > Nordeste (Bresil)
Ecomusicology > Brazil, Northeast.
Droughts > Brazil, Northeast.
Music > Political aspects > Brazil, Northeast.
Brazil.
Northeast Brazil.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Voices of Drought, Michael B. Silvers proposes a scholarship focused on environmental justice to understand key questions in the study of music and the environment. His ecomusicological perspective offers a fascinating approach to events in Ceará, a northeastern Brazilian state affected by devastating droughts. These crises have a profound impact on social difference and stratification, and thus on forró music in the sertão (backlands) of the region. At the same time, the complex interactions of popular music and social conditions also help create the environment. Silvers offers case studies focused on the sertão that range from the Brazilian wax harvested in Ceará for use in early wax cylinder sound recordings to the drought- and austerity-related cancellation of Carnival celebrations in 2014-16. Unearthing links between music and the environmental and social costs of drought, his daring synthesis explores ecological exile, poverty, and unequal access to water resources alongside issues like corruption, prejudice, unbridled capitalism, and expanding neoliberalism [Publisher description].
Descripción Física:1 online resource (212 pages).
ISBN:9780252050831

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