Critical Brass

Street Carnival and Musical Activism in Olympic Rio de Janeiro

Andrew Snyder

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English

Wesleyan University Press
08 November 2022

Pageants, parades, festivals; Brass band, military music & marches; Political activism

Critical Brass tells the story of neofanfarrismo, an explosive carnival brass band community turned activist musical movement in Rio de Janeiro, as Brazil shifted from a country on the rise in the 2000s to one beset by various crises in the 2010s. Though predominantly middle-class, neofanfarristas have creatively adapted the critical theories of carnival to militate for a more democratic city. Illuminating the tangible obstacles to musical movement building, Andrew Snyder argues that festive activism with privileged origins can promote real alternatives to the neoliberal city, but meets many limits and contradictions in a society marked by diverse inequalities.

Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Professor Emerita, NOVA University of Lisbon

By: Andrew Snyder
Imprint: Wesleyan University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780819500199
ISBN 10: 0819500194
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 08 November 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

ANDREW SNYDER (Lisbon, Portugal) is an Integrated Researcher in the Instituto de Etnomusicologia at the NOVA University of Lisbon in Portugal. As a trumpeter and scholar interested in intersections between public festivity and social movements, he coedited HONK! A Street Band Renaissance of Music and Activism and At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice, and he has published articles in Ethnomusicology, Journal of Popular Music Studies, Luso-Brazilian Review, among others.

Reviews for Critical Brass: Street Carnival and Musical Activism in Olympic Rio de Janeiro

This book is a stunning account of musical cosmopolitanism in Rio's brass band scene. Every chapter is brimming with the urgency of reconciling political ideals with the realities of musical protest. Essential reading on Brazilian popular culture since 2010.--K. E. Goldschmitt, author of Bossa Mundo: Brazilian Music in Transnational Media Industries