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Fall 2025 - Brazilian Popular Music
In this class we will survey Brazilian popular music from the colonial period to the present, examining such genres as lundu, modinha, samba, bossa nova, MPB, jazz, tropical rock, baile funk, axe, música caipira, and sertanejo. Examining these genres in their socio-historical contexts, we will think about how music has been central to the Brazilian nation-building processes while voicing the interests and concerns of the underclasses.