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Tradition and modernity: the samba transfomation and the cultural industry - 1920-1945.

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Author(s):
José Adriano Fenerick
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Doctoral Thesis
Press: São Paulo.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
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Examining board members:
Esmeralda Blanco Bolsonaro de Moura; Marcos Francisco Napolitano de Eugênio; Renato Bueno Franco; Elias Thome Saliba; Luiz Augusto de Moraes Tatit
Advisor: Esmeralda Blanco Bolsonaro de Moura
Abstract

This work was aimed to study some relations between samba anda the implement of the cultural industry in Brazil from 1920 to 1945. It was focused that the mass media were important agents on the modern Brazilian samba development, althering both the social meaning and the production way. However, the Brazilian samba was not only a result of this entertaining industry. Many other interests influenced on its elaboration, such as the commercial radio expansion (and its search for news rhythms), the professionalization of popular musicians, togheter with Vargas nationalist project etc., were some evidences of the Brazilian society involviment with the national samba creation, which is a mixture of tradition and modernity. (AU)