Hybridity Brazilian style: Samba, carnaval, and the myth of "Racial Democracy" in Rio de Janeiro

Identities

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-102

  Pravaz, Natasha ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brazil; Hybridity; Mesti agem; Samba

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; MUSIC; NATIONAL IDENTITY; SYMBOLISM;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 39049108887     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10702890701801841     Document Type: Article

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