Dona Ivone Lara's Sorriso Negro

Dona (Lady) Ivone Lara's 1981 album Sorriso Negro is an important samba album that reflects the political and social tensions of its time, and explores the pathbreaking career of Dona Ivone Lara, who navigated the tense gender and race relations of the samba universe to conquer the masculine world of samba composers. 33 1/3 Global is a series of short, music-based books that focuses on music throughout the world, with initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 184 pages
\n Publication date: 12 December 2019
\n Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Dona (Lady) Ivone Laras 1981 Sorriso Negro (translated to Black Smile) is an album deeply embedded in the political and social tensions of its time. Released less than two years after the Brazilian military dictatorship approved the Lei de Anistia (the Opening that put Brazil on a path toward democratic governance), Sorriso Negro reflects the seminal shifts occurring within Brazilian society as former exiles reinforced notions of civil rights and feminist thought in a nation under the iron hand of a military dictatorship that had been in place since 1964. By looking at one of the most important samba albums ever recorded (and one that also happened to be authored by a black woman), Mila Burns explores the pathbreaking career of Dona Ivone Lara, tracing the ways in which she navigated the tense gender and race relations of the samba universe to ultimately conquer the masculine world of samba composers. 33 1/3 Global, a series related to but independent from 33 1/3, takes the format of the original series of short, music-based books and brings the focus to music throughout the world. With initial volumes focusing on Japanese and Brazilian music, the series will also include volumes on the popular music of Australia/Oceania, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and more.

\n Weight: 312g\n
Dimension: 175 x 212 x 12 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781501324482\n \n