The Ox and the Slave
A Satirical Music Drama in Brazil
Nonfiction, History, Americas, South America, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Fiction & Literature, Drama
| Author: | Kazadi wa Mukuna | ISBN: | 9781937306380 |
| Publisher: | Diasporic Africa Press | Publication: | August 12, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Diasporic Africa Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kazadi wa Mukuna |
| ISBN: | 9781937306380 |
| Publisher: | Diasporic Africa Press |
| Publication: | August 12, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Diasporic Africa Press |
| Language: | English |
This interdisciplinary study sheds light on the communal creative process of music and discusses the process of music change in Bumba-meu-Boi, and provides an example of exo-semantic analysis in the quest for the truth of this folk drama in Brazil. It argues that Bumba-meu-Boi sheds light on eighteenth century Brazil and reveals existing levels of interaction between classes (master-slave, oppressor-oppressed) on sugar cane plantations and mills. A sociologist perspective demonstrates that the structure of the Bumba-meu-Boi reflects a similar network of relations, as they exist in communities where it was and still is performed.
This interdisciplinary study sheds light on the communal creative process of music and discusses the process of music change in Bumba-meu-Boi, and provides an example of exo-semantic analysis in the quest for the truth of this folk drama in Brazil. It argues that Bumba-meu-Boi sheds light on eighteenth century Brazil and reveals existing levels of interaction between classes (master-slave, oppressor-oppressed) on sugar cane plantations and mills. A sociologist perspective demonstrates that the structure of the Bumba-meu-Boi reflects a similar network of relations, as they exist in communities where it was and still is performed.
