Parading Brazil through New Orleans

Brazilian Immigrant Interaction with Casa Samba

Bibliographic Data

ID3980203
AuthorsAnnie Mcneill Gibson, Annie Gibson (corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume34
Issue1
Pages1-30
Publication date2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLatin American Music Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-0350 • E-ISSN: 1536-0199
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.7560/lamr34101
OpenAlexW47908968
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

In this article I explore how Casa Samba, the oldest and most established cultural organization representing Brazilian culture in New Orleans, performs global images of Brazil on the local stage of New Orleans. I explore how the image of Brazil projected by Casa Samba performances inevitably becomes mediated through a New Orleanian worldview in what director Curtis Pierre terms an “Amerizilian” experience. I also examine Brazilian immigrants' relationship, or lack thereof, to Casa Samba. Brazilian immigrants who relocated to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to work in construction are rarely performers with Casa Samba, as they tend to come from areas of Brazil where samba is not representative of local identity. I argue, however, that whether or not they participate directly in Casa Samba as members, Casa Samba is crucial to the construction of a Brazilian identity in New Orleans

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Ethnology · Geography · Humanities · Hurricane katrina · Immigration · Natural disaster · Sociology · Diverse Musicological Studies · History · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis

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