Evanira Mendes by Eric A. Galm - 9781496855923

University Press of Mississippi

Evanira MendesA Voice from the Brazilian Folklore Movement\nAuthor(s): Eric A. Galm\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781496855923, 978-1496855923\nSynopsis\nThis compilation of Evanira Mendess biography and translated publications offers for the first time in English an opportunity to revisit the music and culture of 1950s Brazil. Examining the trajectory of the Brazilian Folklore Movement, this book provides a new perspective on contemporary accounts that have overlooked the participation of women scholars from that era and seeks to grant Mendes the recognition she so richly deserves.\n\nGrowing up on a farm in rural So Paulo State, Evanira Mendes [tel] exhibited an early love of folklore, cultivated through the stories, songs, and gossip of wandering travelers in exchange for food and shelter. As she got older, she entered the Conservatrio Dramtico e Musical de So Paulo to study piano,.