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Let's make some noise [electronic resource] : axé and the African roots of Brazilian popular music / Clarence Bernard Henry.

By: Henry, Clarence Bernard.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2008Description: xi, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Popular music -- Brazil -- African influences | Candomble music -- History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 781.64089/96981 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Sacred/secular influences: the reinvention of West African àsé in Brazil -- From the sacred to the secular: popularizing candomblé rhythms -- Axé embodiment in Brazilian popular music: sacred themes, imagery, and symbols -- The sacred/secular popularity of drums and drummers -- Secular impulses: dancing to the beats of different drummers -- Say it loud! I'm Black and I'm proud: popular music and axé embodiment in Bahian carnival/ijexá -- Stylizing axé as Brazilian popular music.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-226) and index.

Sacred/secular influences: the reinvention of West African àsé in Brazil -- From the sacred to the secular: popularizing candomblé rhythms -- Axé embodiment in Brazilian popular music: sacred themes, imagery, and symbols -- The sacred/secular popularity of drums and drummers -- Secular impulses: dancing to the beats of different drummers -- Say it loud! I'm Black and I'm proud: popular music and axé embodiment in Bahian carnival/ijexá -- Stylizing axé as Brazilian popular music.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.