Living from Music in Salvador (eBook)

Professional Musicians and the Capital of Afro-Brazil

Jeff Packman (Autor)

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2021
320 Seiten
Wesleyan University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8195-8050-4 (ISBN)

Infos

<P>Living from Music in Salvador is an examination of music as labor, and musicians as laborers, in Salvador da Bahia, an urban state capital widely regarded as Brazil's most African city. Drawing on fieldwork that spans sixteen years, the book explores local musicians' lives and labors as members of a flexible work force in a setting that is culturally rich but economically poor. Often hidden in plain sight, these musician-workers are crucial participants in the economy of a city of nearly three million people that relies heavily on the commodification of Afro-diasporic expressive culture. Performing in clubs and restaurants, during Carnaval parades and festival celebrations, and on concert stages and recordings (at times backing marquee artists), they support themselves and their families and also serve as public representatives of Bahian culture to residents and tourists alike. Yet such audibility and the wages they earn from it are contingent on their ability to navigate complex and often contradictory industry and societal conditions that are profoundly informed by the entrenched legacies of colonization, the African slave trade, and the plantation system.</P> <P>Living from Music in Salvador examines the labor of musicians in Salvador da Bahia, widely regarded as Brazil's most African city. Drawing on fieldwork that spans sixteen years, the book explores local musicians' lives as members of a flexible work force, emphasizing questions of race, social class, and cultural politics in relation to professional music making. From clubs and restaurants to Carnaval parades and festival celebrations, to concert stages and recordings, the abiliy of musicians to earn a living wage is contingent on their navigating industry and societal conditions that are profoundly informed by the entrenched legacies of colonization and slavery.</P>

Autor

amp;lt;P>JEFF PACKMAN (Toronto, Ontario, CA) is an associate professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Toronto who specializes in Brazilian music, popular music of the Americas, and cultural theory. His other scholarly interests include music and material culture, music cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean, and Afrodiasporic performance.</P>

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.10.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Music / Culture
• Reihe/Serie: Music / Culture
• Zusatzinfo: 10 b&w halftones, 1 table, 16 figures
• Verlagsort: Middletown
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
• Schlagworte: Music/Culture Series, Musician Class, Global, World, Salvador de Bahia, Brazilian Culture, Multidisciplinary, Exploration, Music-Making, Labor, Location, Geography, Research, Writing, Nonfiction, Role, Production, Scholarly, Postcolonial Studies, Colonization, Ethnic Studies, Dichotomy, Race, Racial Studies, Construction, Social Construction, Class, Elitism, Racism, Center, Creation, City, Urban Studies, Employment, Jobs, Flexibility, Sameness, Homogeneity, Definition, Musical, Changes, Transformations, Per
• ISBN-10: 0-8195-8050-3 / 0819580503
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8195-8050-4 / 9780819580504