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WHY IS THIS COUNTRY DANCING? | 
 enlarge | Author: John Krich
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: Book
List Price: $22.00
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 2532346
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 067176814X
Dewey Decimal Number: 918.10463
EAN: 9780671768140
ASIN: 067176814X
Publication Date: February 19, 1993
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The author of Music in Every Room plunges into the rich contradictions of Brazil with an in-depth study of how the country incorporates music into its daily life and into its rituals for mourning and celebration. 15,000 first printing.
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 It's a Travel Tale not a music book for that get..... December 25, 1999
C M Collins (San Francisco, Carnaval.com)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Krich's literate yet frequently caustic style may irritate many yet few writers are as capable of communicating the cacophony of third world musical forms now competing for our attention. I very much enjoyed this witty book and found its strong rhythm as irresistible as Brazilian music. If you love CARNAVAL few have ever captured the gringo experience in words as well Krich.
looking through samba-colored glasses September 10, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Well, I have to disagree somewhat with the comments of my amateur book-reviewing collegues. This is not a book about Brazilian music, it's a book about Brazil seen through it's music. I'll agree that as a book about Brazilian music, it fails miserably. As a book about Brazil... well it doesn't succeed, but only because no country or populace in the world can truly be understood through just one viewpoint. Brazil=music is a handy way of ttrying to look at the subject, but ultimately as false as any other single assumption. Laudibly, Krich is observent enough to write about the harsh realities that lie behind Brazil's image of sun, samba, and mulattas (Therefore 2 stars instead of just 1). Nevertheless, the end result is the same as if a foreigner wrote about the U.S. as interpreted through jazz after visiting L.A., Chicago, and New York and then taking a bus tour through the Deep South. A good itinerary to write about jazz, but not if you are writing about the country as a whole. The base premise defeats the purpose of the book.
 The Worst Book Ever About Brazilian Music March 26, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Superficial, lame, irritating and full of mistakes. Why was this even published?
Krich Could Have Done Better September 27, 1998
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is supposed to be a book about Brazilian music, but it's obvious the author knows nothing about the subject. He meets some of the most illustrious names in MPB, yet asks inane questions or tries to be funny at their expense. Many times it seems as if he had never heard the music of the person he was interviewing. In addition, each page is full of factual errors and misspelled Portuguese words. If you like Krich's flippant writing style you may like the book. But if you want to learn about Brazilian music, go elsewhere.
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