Happy IS Tuesday!
For class today here’s what we did and what you hopefully learned!
Brazilian History & Culture Blog Post: presented by Nasua, we learned about the Natural Hair Movement in Brazil. Recently, Brazil held the first natural hair empowerment march celebrating the various styles and braids worn by Brazilian women!
Book Presentations: presented by Natalie and William, both books were concerned with music, society, producers, and the long term impacts it has had in Brazil.
Following the presentations we viewed and listened to music by Luiz Gonzaga and discussed various genres including Sertaneja, Forró. Later Dr. Holt presented and showed us a few videos concerned about Carmen Miranda. Our discussion talked about symbols and clothes used as a way to identify as a Brazilian woman, if her dress is cultural appropriation or not, and her appeal to the various social classes. In this class we briefly touched on the readings that needed to be done prior to class and thus can’t tie them back into the class notes.
Key Terms from today:
- Forró: a genre of Brazilian music that originated from Northeastern Brazil which incorporates various dance styles and beats.
- Carmen Miranda: Portugese born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, and later Broadway performer famous for her role in the short film Banana’s is My Business as well as The Gang’s All Here.
Three examination questions to think about today post-lecture:
- Do you think that the music we listen to today will have a long term impact in our social structures?
- What do you think Carmen Miranda represents?
- Historical Question for today: How did music in Brazil during the 1930s-1960s impact the social and national identity? In what ways did
Below I have reattached the link from Nasua’s post for people to view if they would like.
40 Incredible Photos from Brazil’s First Natural Hair Empowerment March
Works Cited:
Bryan McCann, Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil (Durham: Duke UP, 2004)
Jack Draper, Forró and Redemptive Regionalism from the Brazilian Northeast: Popular Music in a Culture of Migration (New York: Lang, 2011)