This course explores a range of musical styles of Brazil through social and cultural topics including race, gender, ethnicity, migration, religion, protest, and nationalism. Class members will explore the sounds and meanings of musics across a broad scope of Brazilian life. The musics covered span from eighteenth-century calundu to twenty first-century hip-hop, from tropicália to the manguebeat movement, and the choro of Chiquinha Gonzaga to the forró of Luiz Gonzaga. Class members will analyze articles, texts, and films, and participate in critical listening and discussion to gain insight into the sounds of Brazil and the various meanings of being Brazilian.

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