Do samba à bossa nova: uma invenção de Brasil

Abstract

Through the reading of songs of significance of the samba and the bossa nova styles, in which both literary and musical aspects were observed, this research aims to discuss the birth of the urban popular music from the union of the samba with the phonograph. It tries to rethink the ways taken by the popular music in Brazil, during the first half of the twentieth century, and the emergence of the bossa nova in 1958. From the first difficulties of the inclusion of samba in the Brazilian cultural environment to its recognition as a nationality symbol, the research demonstrates the transformations of the style until the final modernization of bossa nova, and the participation of the popular music in the construction of a Brazilian identity. The theoretical framework of this research includes the works of Luiz Tatit, José Miguel Wisnik, Hermano Vianna, Carlos Sandroni, Santuza Cambraia Naves, in the field of music, and of Homi K. Babha, Paul Gilroy and Néstor Garcia Canclini in the post-colonialist studies.