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082	0	0	_aLAS 918.1 KRI
100	1		_aKrich, John
245	1	0	_aWhy is this country dancing? : _bone-man samba to the beat of Brazil _c/ John Krich
260			_aNew York _b: Simon & Schuster _c, c1993.
300			_a319 p. _b: map _c; 23 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
520	3		_aOver the course of three years during the late 1980s, Krich ( El Beisbol ) traveled from Rio to Sao Paulo to Sao Luis to Bahia to Recife to tiny Exu to create this uneven travelogue. In keeping with Brazil's famed fertility, each town has its own sound: some, such as samba , bossa nova and lambada , are well known; others, like carimbo , forro and baiao , are not. Most are represented in mini-discographies after each chapter called ``Music to Read By.'' Those three years translated into three carnivals as well, in Bahia, Recife/Olinda and Rio, though Krich participates in the latter, as most Brazilians do, only through the overwrought television coverage. But it is the musicians who steal the show, men mostly who have combined music from Brazil's European, aboriginal and, above all, African roots with lyrics from the country's experiences of poverty, segregation, dictatorship and torture.
650			_aPopular music _z-Brazil _x-History and criticism
650			_aPopular culture _z-Brazil
651		0	_aBrazil _x-Description and travel
651		0	_aBrazil _x-Social life and customs
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