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Performing Folklore: Ranchos Folcloricos from Lisbon to Newark Kimberly DaCosta Holton
Performing Folklore: Ranchos Folcloricos from Lisbon to Newark
Kimberly DaCosta Holton
Describes Portugal's transition from fascism to democracy, and from imperial metropole to EU member state. This book examines the evolution of Ranchos folcloricos, 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.
296 pages, 55 illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 20, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780253218315 |
| Publishers | Indiana University Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 234 × 156 × 20 mm · 494 g |