Description: Examining a range of popular cultural production, from music and dance to theater and film, this book explores how transatlantic and inter-American artistic exchanges redefined Brazilian identity, especially the perception of "race".
Brief description: Lisa Shaw is a reader in Portuguese and Brazilian studies at the University of Liverpool. She has authored or edited seven previous books, including Carmen Miranda and The Social History of the Brazilian Samba.
Review Quotes: "Brazil's racial identity and comprehensive sense of self cannot be fully grasped without the performative transnational vantage that this book profitably adopts...Overall, the volume is attractive, the writing is consistently smooth, and the illustrations are splendid. The reading is rewarding and makes one want to know more and, tellingly, somehow to access these charged historical performances."-- "Bulletin of Latin American Research" (4/23/2019 12:00:00 AM)