Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Translator’s Foreword: The Decolonial Spark of a Translated Spell
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the English Translation
Original Introduction
Musical Premises
Part One: From Lundu to Samba
Chapter 1. “Sweet Lundus, for Massa to Dream”
Chapter 2. Maxixe and Its Antecedents
Chapter 3. From Bahia to Rio
Chapter 4. From the Dining Room to the Drawing Room
Chapter 5. “Pelo telefone”
Part Two: From One Samba to the Other
Chapter 6. When Did Samba Become Samba?
Chapter 7. Birds and Commodities
Chapter 8. From Malandro to Composer
Chapter 9. A Respectable Spell
Chapter 10. On the Gramophone
Conclusion
Glossary
Notes
Works Cited
Index
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