In 1970, at the age of 24, João Bosco meets the carioca poet Aldir Blanc and they start playing samba, boleros, a mix of Latin, Caribbean and African music. One of the songs they create is a beautiful tune called 'O Mestre Sala dos ...
This text explores the difficulties of defining a sociology of 'culture', emphasising the complex, interdisciplinary nature of 'cultural studies', and the variety of theoretical contributions from sociology, literature, history and ...
This volume contains twenty-one essays, published over the past thirty years, that are iconic instances of this investigative field.
This volume brings together major statements by the leading contemporary scholars of cultural analysis. Part I surveys the range of current analytical debate over culture.
Twenty four essays cover a broad range of topics in cultural anthropology, and represent the best writings of George Peter Murdock and reveal his theoretical orientation and his many landmark contributions to the field.
This book is devoted to understanding the processes through which societies and the diverse groups within them come to terms with history, community life, and the challenges of the future.
... rebellion ( or the revolt against ' the whip ' ) of 1910. Many of the sailors in the Brazilian navy were black , in contrast to the whiteness of the officer class . Candido led a mutiny against the maltreatment of the sailors and in ...