Notes on categories of samba and carnival at the carnival chronicle

The paper proposes a reflection on writings of chroniclers about carnival based on readings of the books “Na roda do samba” and “Samba”, both published in 1933, by Francisco Guimarães and Orestes Barbosa, respectively. The paper seeks to develop the idea that the instability of semantic categories,...

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Autor principal: Alves, Diego Ramiro Araoz
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Lenguaje:Portugués
Publicado: Universidade Estadual Paulista / UNESP 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/perspectivas/article/view/3556
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/61308
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Sumario:The paper proposes a reflection on writings of chroniclers about carnival based on readings of the books “Na roda do samba” and “Samba”, both published in 1933, by Francisco Guimarães and Orestes Barbosa, respectively. The paper seeks to develop the idea that the instability of semantic categories, such as samba and carnival, favors a critical analysis on the historical authority of these writings.