Living from Music in Salvador: Professional Musicians and the Capital of Afro-Brazil Packman Jeff
Living from Music in Salvador: Professional Musicians and the Capital of Afro-Brazil Packman Jeff An ethnography about local working musicians in Brazil's "most African" cityLiving from Music in…
Specifikacia Living from Music in Salvador: Professional Musicians and the Capital of Afro-Brazil Packman Jeff
Living from Music in Salvador: Professional Musicians and the Capital of Afro-Brazil Packman Jeff
An ethnography about local working musicians in Brazil's "most African" cityLiving from Music in Salvador examines the labor of musicians in Salvador da Bahia, widely regarded as Brazil's most African city. 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 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.