This illustrated collection of essays devoted to the international character and appeal of Brazil's song and dance music includes contributions from scholars in the fields of ethnomusicology, cultural studies, literature, anthropology, sociology, and communications and from Caetano Veloso, the intellectual pop star and a towering figure on the Brazilian music scene for decades.
1. ""Chiclete corn Banana"": Internationalization in Brazilian Popular Music, by Charles A. Perrone and Christopher Dunn; 2. Carmen Mirandadada, by Caetano Veloso; 3. Myth, Melopeia, and Mimesis: Black Orpheus, Orfeu, and Internationalization in Brazilian Popular Music, by Charles A. Perrone; 4. Tropicalia, Counterculture, and the Diasporic Imagination in Brazil, by Christopher Dunn; 5. Globalizing Caetano Veloso, by Liv Sovik; 6. Cannibals, Mutants, and Hipsters: The Tropicalist Revival, by John Harvey; 7. Defeated Rallies, Mournful Anthems, and the Origins of Brazilian Heavy Metal, by Idelber Avelar; 8. The Localization of Global Funk in Bahia and in Rio, by Livio Sansone; 9. World of Fantasy, Fantasy of the World: Geographic Space and Representation of Identity in the Carnival of Salvador, Bahia, by Milton Araujo Moura; 10. Songs of Olodum: Ethnicity, Activism, and Art in a Globalized Camival Community, by Piers Armstrong; 11. ""Fogo na Babilonia"": Reggae, Black Counterculture, and Globaiization in Brazil, by Osmundo de Araujo Pinho; 12. Reggae in Bahia: A Case of Long-Distance Belonging, by Antonio J. V. dos Santos Godi; 13. Black or Brau: Music and Subjectivity in a Global Context, by Ari Lima; 14. Turned-Around Beat: Maracatu de baque virado and Chico Science, by Larry Crook; 15. Self-Discovery in Brazilian Popular Music: Mestre Ambrosio, by John Murphy; 16. ""Good Blood in the Veins of This Brazilian Rio,"" or a Cannibalist Transnationalism, by Frederick Moehn
