MUSIC 139 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mulatto, Masculinity
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Samba schools: are highly hierarchical organizations, men and women have specific roles, changes have occurred, but the spheres women and men can occupy continue to be demarcated by culturally embedded assumptions. Passista solo samba dancer: admired and marketed for her voluptuous body, constructed as. Sensual: has been invoked as the quintessential representation of brazilian carnaval, and by extension, and brazilian culture, the principal passista parades in front of the percussion ensemble, dances the samba, usually in 6 high heels. Samba dance highlights the counter-body movement of knees, hips, rib-cage. Performance is characterizes as hot , provocative , and sensual . Her dance is focus on lateral movement, spins, etc. with the torso always locked in upright position. This is supposed to allow for proper flag movement. Hair tied back, and grandiose, full-coverage costumes in contrast to passista. Role of porta-bandeira: constructed in opposition to the passista"s role, known as the queen of the school.
