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9780253346315 English 0253346312 Portugal's transition from fascism to democracy, and from imperial metropole to EU member state. Kimberly DaCosta Holton examines the evolution and significance of Ranchos folcl�ricos, groups of amateur musicians and dancers who perform turn-of-the-century popular tradition and have acted as cultural barometers of change throughout 20th-century Portugal. She investigates the role that these folklore groups played in the fascist dictatorship early in the century, how they fell out of official favour with the advent of democracy, and why they remain so popular in Portugal's post-authoritarian state, especially in emigrant and diasporic communities. Holton looks at music, dance, costume, repertoire, venue, and social interplay in both local and global contexts. She considers the importance of revivalist folklore in the construction and preservation of national identity in the face of globalization. This book embraces "invented tradition" as process rather than event, presenting an ethnography not only of folkloric revivalism but also of sweeping cultural transformation, promoted alternately by authoritarianism, democracy, emigration, and European unification. Kimberly DaCosta Holton Assistant Professor of Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies at Rutgers University, Newark., Through the lens of expressive culture, Performing Folklore tracks Portugal'stransition from fascism to democracy, and from imperial metropole to EEC member state. KimberlyDaCosta Holton examines the evolution and significance of ranchos folclóricos, groups ofamateur musicians and dancers who perform turn-of-the-century popular tradition and haveacted as cultural barometers of change throughout 20th-century Portugal. She investigates therole that these folklore groups played in the mid-twentieth-century dictatorship, how theyfell out of official favor with the advent of democracy, and why they remain so popular inPortugal's post-authoritarian state, especially in emigrant and diasporic communities.Holton looks at music, dance, costume, repertoire, venue, and social interplay in both local andglobal contexts. She considers the importance of revivalist folklore in the construction andpreservation of national identity in the face of globalization. This book embraces "inventedtradition" as process rather than event, presenting an ethnography not only of folkloricrevivalism but also of sweeping cultural transformation, promoted alternately by authoritarianism,democracy, emigration, and European unification.
9780253346315 English 0253346312 Portugal's transition from fascism to democracy, and from imperial metropole to EU member state. Kimberly DaCosta Holton examines the evolution and significance of Ranchos folcl�ricos, groups of amateur musicians and dancers who perform turn-of-the-century popular tradition and have acted as cultural barometers of change throughout 20th-century Portugal. She investigates the role that these folklore groups played in the fascist dictatorship early in the century, how they fell out of official favour with the advent of democracy, and why they remain so popular in Portugal's post-authoritarian state, especially in emigrant and diasporic communities. Holton looks at music, dance, costume, repertoire, venue, and social interplay in both local and global contexts. She considers the importance of revivalist folklore in the construction and preservation of national identity in the face of globalization. This book embraces "invented tradition" as process rather than event, presenting an ethnography not only of folkloric revivalism but also of sweeping cultural transformation, promoted alternately by authoritarianism, democracy, emigration, and European unification. Kimberly DaCosta Holton Assistant Professor of Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies at Rutgers University, Newark., Through the lens of expressive culture, Performing Folklore tracks Portugal'stransition from fascism to democracy, and from imperial metropole to EEC member state. KimberlyDaCosta Holton examines the evolution and significance of ranchos folclóricos, groups ofamateur musicians and dancers who perform turn-of-the-century popular tradition and haveacted as cultural barometers of change throughout 20th-century Portugal. She investigates therole that these folklore groups played in the mid-twentieth-century dictatorship, how theyfell out of official favor with the advent of democracy, and why they remain so popular inPortugal's post-authoritarian state, especially in emigrant and diasporic communities.Holton looks at music, dance, costume, repertoire, venue, and social interplay in both local andglobal contexts. She considers the importance of revivalist folklore in the construction andpreservation of national identity in the face of globalization. This book embraces "inventedtradition" as process rather than event, presenting an ethnography not only of folkloricrevivalism but also of sweeping cultural transformation, promoted alternately by authoritarianism,democracy, emigration, and European unification.