Black Orpheus and the Globalization of Afro-Brazilian Culture (Global Media and Race)

Davis, Darién J.

Rutgers University Press（2025/12発売）

Rutgers University Press（2025/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 236 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781978844148
• DDC分類 791.4372

Full Description

"Black Orpheus" and the Globalization of Afro-Brazilian Culture is the first historical study in English to examine the development, production, and reception of the 1958 film Black Orpheus and its legacy in the 1960s and 1970s. It focuses on the making of the film and the trajectories of the major actors and musicians who helped construct an image of Black Brazil and provides an analysis of the globalization of Afro-Brazilian images and music in France and the United States in the wake of the movie's success. Using archival sources, interviews, and the secondary literature from France, Brazil, and the United States, this book reveals information about the cultural histories of all three countries and gives readers new insight into the trajectories of diverse actors such as Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, and Léa Garcia and performers such as Agostinho dos Santos, Baden Powell, and Maria D'Apparecida.

Contents

Preface ix
Introduction: From Stage to Technicolor 1
Part I: The Making of Black Orpheus
1 Imagining a Brazilian Black Orpheus 15
2 The Black Cast 33
3 The Soundtrack 50
4 Oblique Gazes: The Transnational Reception
of Black Orpheus 65
Part II: Black Orpheus Legacies and the Globalization
of Afro-Brazilian
Culture
5 Transnational Lights Beyond Black Orpheus 85
6 Bossa Negra in the United States 108
7 Baden Powell and Maria d'Apparecida in Paris 127
Conclusion 148
Epilogue 155
Acknowledgments
161
Glossary 167
Notes 169
Index 000