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When Brazil Got the Blues

The Diffusion of Blues in Brazil

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ID3811508
AuthorsAlan Patrick Marcus (0000-0002-1023-2361, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume10
Issue2
Pages382-406
Publication date2022-02-18
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBrasiliana- Journal for Brazilian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2245-4373 • E-ISSN: 2245-4373
PublisherBrasiliana - Journal for Brazilian Studies (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.25160/bjbs.v10i2.125517
OpenAlexW4282938028, W4214932769
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited2

Thisarticlewillexamine theintroduction of blues in Brazil (1985-1992), a phenomenon thathas not yet been addressed in scholarly spheres until now. By highlighting the processes of globalization and the Brazilian blues band from Riode Janeiro, Blues Etílicos, I ask what were the spaces, places, and venues that helped to disseminate blues throughout Brazil? How does an African-American-based genre adopted and popularized by upper-and-middle-class white urbanites in Brazil? To answer these questions, I discuss the process ofglobalization and the Geography of music, political, musical,and cultural backdrops, and the end of Brazil's military dictatorship in 1985, which overlappedwith a major Brazilian rock festival, "Rock in Rio," and later, Brazil's first blues festival in Ribeirão Preto in 1989. This article adds to the scholarly literature of music geography by looking at ongoing discussions of Brazil's changing political, cultural, and musical landscapes

Art · Art history · Blues · Democracy · Dictatorship · Geography · Media studies · Musical · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Visual arts · White (mutation · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Music History and Culture · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Gender Studies · History · Law

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Citations per year1
Citation span2025 - 2025 (1)
Highly citedNo

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