Full Description
Listen to the artists of the Brazilian Northeast. Their work, they say, comes of continuity and creativity. Continuity runs along lines of learning toward social coherence. Creativity brings challenges and deep personal satisfaction.
What they say and do in Brazil aligns with ethnographic evidence from New Mexico and North Carolina; from Ireland, Portugal, and Italy; from Nigeria, Turkey, India, and Bangladesh; from China and Japan.
This book is about that, about folk art as a sign of human unity.
Contents
An Introduction
1. Caruaru
2. The Vitalino Family
3. Elias Vitalino
4. Emanuela and Emanuel
5. Vitalino Neto
6. The Manuel Eudocio Family
7. Luiz Carlos and Genilda
8. Ademilson and Elisoneide
9. Helton
10. The Ze Caboclo Family
11. Socorro and Carmelia
12. Paulo, Antonio, and Emerson
13. Amanda
14. Luiz Antonio and Odete
15. Leonildo
16. Terezinha
17. The Galdino Family
18. Luis and George
19. J. Borges
20. J. Miguel
21. Severino and Ana Maria
22. Pablo and Bacaro
23. The Work Goes On
24. Performance
25. Art
26. Production in Place
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
