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Why You Like It
From the chief architect of the Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project comes a definitive and groundbreaking examination of why we respond to music the way we do. Everyone loves music. But what is it that makes music so universally beloved and have such a powerful effect on us? In this sweeping and authoritative book, Dr. Nolan Gasser—a composer, pianist, and musicologist, and the chief architect of the Music Genome Project, which powers Pandora Radio—breaks down what musical taste is, where it comes from, and what our favorite songs say about us. Dr. Gasser delves into the science, psychology, and sociology that explains why humans love music so much; how our brains process music; and why...
Transnational Cinematic and Popular Music Icons
Transnational Cinematic & Popular Music Icons: Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, & Queen Latifah, 1917-2017 centers twentieth and twenty-first century black-transnational stereotypes, celebrities, and symbols Lena Horne's, Dorothy Dandridge;s, and Queen Latifah’s transnational popular cultural struggles between domination and autonomy, with a particular emphasis on their films and popular music. Linking each performer to twentieth century U.S., African-American, and global gender histories and noting the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, class, and empire in their overlapping transnational biographies, Transnational Cinematic & Popular Music Icons: Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, & Que...
Cancioneiro Jobim
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Directory of World Cinema: Brazil
Best known to international audiences for its carnivalesque irreverence and recent gangster blockbusters, Brazilian cinema is gaining prominence with critics, at global film festivals and on DVD shelves. This volume seeks to introduce newcomers to Brazilian cinema and to offer valuable insights to those already well versed in the topic. It brings into sharp focus some of the most important movements, genres and themes from across the eras of Brazilian cinema, from cinema novo to musical chanchada, the road movie to cinema de bordas, avant-garde to pornochanchada. Delving deep beyond the surface of cinema, the volume also addresses key themes such as gender, indigenous and diasporic communities and Afro-Brazilian identity. Situating Brazilian cinema within the country's changing position in the global capitalist system, the essays consider uneven modernization, class division, dictatorship, liberation struggles and globalization alongside questions of entertainment and artistic innovation.
Antonio Carlos Jobim
(Book). Charlie Byrd, Herbie Mann, and others brought in bags full of discs from a trip to Brazil in 1961. Stan Getz listened to them and recorded "Desafinado," which stayed for 70 weeks on the Billboard charts. Since then, no one can deny bossa nova's global appeal and influence upon jazz and world music. While celebrating bossa nova's 50-year presence in the United States, we can learn more about the movement's champion, Jobim, through poet and novelist Helena Jobim's Antonio Carlos Jobim: An Illuminated Man . His personal, intellectual, and professional history comes alive. With a vast, intimate, and revealing set of photographs, and an engaging, elegant and unique prose, this is the stor...
Books Abroad
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Psychotherapists on Film, 1899-1999
How long have psychotherapists been depicted in films? Nearly as long as there have been films--or psychotherapists, for that matter. This isn't surprising if one considers that the Freudian revolution in psychology and the invention of motion pictures occurred at about the same time. What may be surprising is the sheer number of times that psychotherapists, in their many guises, have shown up in the movies and how their depiction has reflected changing social attitudes about psychotherapy over the last century. This comprehensive worldwide filmography examines over 5000 movies. Films in which mental health professionals appear, or in which others act in that capacity, are listed alphabetically. A preface explains the criteria for a film's inclusion, and a lengthy introduction and guide to the filmography explores the changing social attitudes mirrored by the movies. Appendices list the titles by decade; alternate titles for many films; recent releases; and qualifying adult films.
Brazilian Writers
Presents career biographies and criticism writers from Brazil. Also includes essays on tropicalismo, concrete poetry, and colonial literature.
Anotações sobre jazz e outros estilos musicais
Amante incontrolável de música — Clássica, MPB e Jazz — o autor tem muita curiosidade sobre autores, cantores, músicos e produtores. Ao longo da vida, colheu particularidades sobre esses artistas e profissionais em livros, revistas, jornais e encartes de CDs e LPs, que são a essência destas Anotações sobre Jazz e outros Estilos Musicais.
Pixinguinha no Bar Gouvea
Esta pesquisa é inspirada e inspiradora homenagem ao gênio e oxigênio conhecido pelo apelido de Pixinguinha. Diz Terêncio (Roma Antiga): pro captu lectoris habent sua fata libelli: "os livrinhos têm seus destinos de acordo com a compreensão do leitor". Ele usou singular para leitor (lectoris) e plural para destino (fata) e para livros (libelli). Este livro começou no PEN CLUBE DO BRASIL, "conectando poetas, ensaístas e narradores", instituição nacionalmente inclusiva. O musicólogo Ricardo Cravo Albin (BA) dava posse à poeta Delasnieve Daspet (MS), e o ensaísta Leonardo Santana da Silva (RJ) entregou seu original a este romancista catarinense. Gatos que nascem no forno não são biscoitos. Referências solares da cultura nacional vieram, vão e vêm de todos os estados da federação. Cantemos com Pixinguinha para Sua Excelência, o leitor: Meu coração, não sei por quê/ Bate feliz quando te vê/ E os meus olhos ficam sorrindo/ E pelas ruas vão te seguindo/ Mas mesmo assim foges de mim. DEONÍSIO DA SILVA
