Popular culture and romantic sensibility: Mário de Andrade's dramatic dances
The text examines the notion of dramatic dances in the work of the Brazilian modernist writer Mário de Andrade (1893-1945) and investigates the reasons bumba-meu-boi (the ox merriment, or ox-dance) - a widespread and popular Brazilian festivity - was so extremely valued by the author. It analyzes th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Portuguese |
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Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais (ANPOCS)
2006-01-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais |
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Online Access: | http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-69092006000200001&lng=en&tlng=en |
Summary: | The text examines the notion of dramatic dances in the work of the Brazilian modernist writer Mário de Andrade (1893-1945) and investigates the reasons bumba-meu-boi (the ox merriment, or ox-dance) - a widespread and popular Brazilian festivity - was so extremely valued by the author. It analyzes the connections found in the use of an ethnographic perspective, a romantic view of popular culture, and the pursuit of authenticity in the construction of aesthetical forms by andradian modernism. |
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ISSN: | 0102-6909 |