at a glance

Presented by Scripta Nova - Revista Electrónica de Geografia y Ciencias Sociales da Universitat de Barcelona the study Escolas de Samba, Identidade Nacional e o Direito à Cidade, (Samba schools, National Identity and the Right to the City)by Nelson da Nóbrega Fernandes shows how  samba schools emerged in the late 1920s, invented and organized by the poorest groups in the city of Rio de Janeiro, based in favelas to conquer the great feast of the nation's capital and become, at the end World War II, the most original and well-known symbol of the Brazilian nation. Presented by Revista Crítica Cultural - Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, the study 'Não posso mais: eu quero é viver na orgia': Malandragem feminina e rejeicão do trabalho em sambas das décadas de 1930 e 40 (I can't any more: I want to live in debauchery': Female 'malandragem' (rascality)  and the rejection of work in samba of the 1930s and 40s), by Cilene Margarete Pereira analyzes how At the end of the 1920s, samba musicians in the neighborhood of Estácio de Sá created a new genre of samba, with a rhythm developed for the samba parades (carnavalesco) and for street carnival.