Let's make some noise : axé and the African roots of Brazilian popular music /

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This is the culmination of years of research on sacred and secular influences of àsé, the West African Yoruba concept imagined as power and creative energy bestowed upon human beings by ancestral spirits acting as guardians, that spread to Brazil and throughout the African Diaspora. In Brazil, the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Henry, Clarence Bernard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2008.
Subjects:
Popular music > Brazil > African influences.
Candomblé music > History and criticism.
Musique populaire > Brésil > Influence africaine.
Candomblé (Musique) > Histoire et critique.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Pop Vocal.
MUSIC > Ethnomusicology.
Candomblé music
Popular music > African influences
Brazil
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sacred/secular influences: the reinvention of West African àsé in Brazil
  • From the sacred to the secular: popularizing candomblé rhythms
  • Axé embodiment in Brazilian popular music: sacred themes, imagery, and symbols
  • The sacred/secular popularity of drums and drummers
  • Secular impulses: dancing to the beats of different drummers
  • Say it loud! I'm Black and I'm proud: popular music and axé embodiment in Bahian carnival/ijexá
  • Stylizing axé as Brazilian popular music.

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