Editorial: Peter Lang
Colección: Interdisciplinary Studies in Diasporas ; 12
Número de páginas: xxvi, 132 págs.
Fecha de edición: 30-04-2024
EAN: 9781636670430
ISBN: 978-1-63667-043-0
Precio (sin IVA): 88,80 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 92,35 €
Searching for the Origins of the Portuguese Waltzes is a collection of narratives depicting a six-year quest to discover the roots of a piece of traditional music played in St. John’s, Newfoundland: the Portuguese Waltzes. Through interviews, research, and observations, author Richard Simas explores the relationship between Portuguese bacalhoeiros (cod fishermen) and the population of St. John’s during the recent cod-fishing era (approximately 1950 to 1980). Memory, and its varying interpretation among different communities, is a major underlying theme. Above all, though, this is a book about music, shared, invented, and improvised, underscoring the power of melody to capture and conserve emotional memory across the Atlantic.