Lisa Shaw is Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool. She is author of The Social History of the Brazilian Samba (1999), co-author of Popular Cinema in Brazil (2004) and co-editor of Latin American Cinema: Essays on Modernity, Gender and National Identity (2005).

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• 1. Samba: its Roots and Conventions. 2. The Vargas Regime (1930-45). 3. Samba and the Nascent Music Industry. 4. The Sambas of Ataúlfo Alves (1909-69). 5. The Sambas of Noel Rosa (1910-69). 6. The Sambas of Ari Barroso (1903-64).

Lisa Shaw is Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool. She is author of The Social History of the Brazilian Samba (1999), co-author of Popular Cinema in Brazil (2004) and co-editor of Latin American Cinema: Essays on Modernity, Gender and National Identity (2005).

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• 1. Samba: its Roots and Conventions. 2. The Vargas Regime (1930-45). 3. Samba and the Nascent Music Industry. 4. The Sambas of Ataúlfo Alves (1909-69). 5. The Sambas of Noel Rosa (1910-69). 6. The Sambas of Ari Barroso (1903-64).

Lisa Shaw is Reader in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool. She is author of The Social History of the Brazilian Samba (1999), co-author of Popular Cinema in Brazil (2004) and co-editor of Latin American Cinema: Essays on Modernity, Gender and National Identity (2005).

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• 1. Samba: its Roots and Conventions. 2. The Vargas Regime (1930-45). 3. Samba and the Nascent Music Industry. 4. The Sambas of Ataúlfo Alves (1909-69). 5. The Sambas of Noel Rosa (1910-69). 6. The Sambas of Ari Barroso (1903-64).