Darién J. Davis is a professor and the chair of Africana studies at Rutgers University–Newark. He is the author of four books, three edited volumes, and more than forty essays and articles in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

"Taking a highly original approach, Davis takes director Marcel Camus's 1958 Black Orpheus as a point of departure for exploring the transnational migrations of Afro-Brazilian popular culture in the 1960s and 1970s. Following a detailed exploration of this landmark film's soundtrack and casting, Davis's ambitious study focuses on its cultural repercussions in the United States and France, charting the flows of Afro-Brazilian music and its performers." - Lisa Shaw, author of Tropical Travels: Brazilian Popular Performance, Transnational Encounters, and the Construction of Race"In this excellent book, Davis offers a wealth of information about the production, international impact, and legacy of Marcel Camus's Black Orpheus, especially its projection of an image of Brazil through its all-Black cast and its vibrant music, which resonated deeply in France and the United States." - Randal Johnson, distinguished professor emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Los Angeles"Davis explores how Black Orpheus became one of the most important vehicles of Brazilian culture abroad. The sources are myriad and his blend of transatlantic and transamerican perspectives is effective and inspirational." - Charles A. Perrone, author of Chico Buarque's First Chico Buarque

• Preface ixIntroduction: From Stage to Technicolor 1Part I: The Making of Black Orpheus1 Imagining a Brazilian Black Orpheus 152 The Black Cast 333 The Soundtrack 504 Oblique Gazes: The Transnational Receptionof Black Orpheus 65Part II: Black Orpheus Legacies and the Globalizationof Afro-BrazilianCulture5 Transnational Lights Beyond Black Orpheus 856 Bossa Negra in the United States 1087 Baden Powell and Maria d’Apparecida in Paris 127Conclusion 148Epilogue 155Acknowledgments161Glossary 167Notes 169Index 000

Darién J. Davis is a professor and the chair of Africana studies at Rutgers University–Newark. He is the author of four books, three edited volumes, and more than forty essays and articles in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

"Taking a highly original approach, Davis takes director Marcel Camus's 1958 Black Orpheus as a point of departure for exploring the transnational migrations of Afro-Brazilian popular culture in the 1960s and 1970s. Following a detailed exploration of this landmark film's soundtrack and casting, Davis's ambitious study focuses on its cultural repercussions in the United States and France, charting the flows of Afro-Brazilian music and its performers." - Lisa Shaw, author of Tropical Travels: Brazilian Popular Performance, Transnational Encounters, and the Construction of Race"In this excellent book, Davis offers a wealth of information about the production, international impact, and legacy of Marcel Camus's Black Orpheus, especially its projection of an image of Brazil through its all-Black cast and its vibrant music, which resonated deeply in France and the United States." - Randal Johnson, distinguished professor emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Los Angeles"Davis explores how Black Orpheus became one of the most important vehicles of Brazilian culture abroad. The sources are myriad and his blend of transatlantic and transamerican perspectives is effective and inspirational." - Charles A. Perrone, author of Chico Buarque's First Chico Buarque

• Preface ixIntroduction: From Stage to Technicolor 1Part I: The Making of Black Orpheus1 Imagining a Brazilian Black Orpheus 152 The Black Cast 333 The Soundtrack 504 Oblique Gazes: The Transnational Receptionof Black Orpheus 65Part II: Black Orpheus Legacies and the Globalizationof Afro-BrazilianCulture5 Transnational Lights Beyond Black Orpheus 856 Bossa Negra in the United States 1087 Baden Powell and Maria d’Apparecida in Paris 127Conclusion 148Epilogue 155Acknowledgments161Glossary 167Notes 169Index 000

Darién J. Davis is a professor and the chair of Africana studies at Rutgers University–Newark. He is the author of four books, three edited volumes, and more than forty essays and articles in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

"Taking a highly original approach, Davis takes director Marcel Camus's 1958 Black Orpheus as a point of departure for exploring the transnational migrations of Afro-Brazilian popular culture in the 1960s and 1970s. Following a detailed exploration of this landmark film's soundtrack and casting, Davis's ambitious study focuses on its cultural repercussions in the United States and France, charting the flows of Afro-Brazilian music and its performers." - Lisa Shaw, author of Tropical Travels: Brazilian Popular Performance, Transnational Encounters, and the Construction of Race"In this excellent book, Davis offers a wealth of information about the production, international impact, and legacy of Marcel Camus's Black Orpheus, especially its projection of an image of Brazil through its all-Black cast and its vibrant music, which resonated deeply in France and the United States." - Randal Johnson, distinguished professor emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Los Angeles"Davis explores how Black Orpheus became one of the most important vehicles of Brazilian culture abroad. The sources are myriad and his blend of transatlantic and transamerican perspectives is effective and inspirational." - Charles A. Perrone, author of Chico Buarque's First Chico Buarque

• Preface ixIntroduction: From Stage to Technicolor 1Part I: The Making of Black Orpheus1 Imagining a Brazilian Black Orpheus 152 The Black Cast 333 The Soundtrack 504 Oblique Gazes: The Transnational Receptionof Black Orpheus 65Part II: Black Orpheus Legacies and the Globalizationof Afro-BrazilianCulture5 Transnational Lights Beyond Black Orpheus 856 Bossa Negra in the United States 1087 Baden Powell and Maria d’Apparecida in Paris 127Conclusion 148Epilogue 155Acknowledgments161Glossary 167Notes 169Index 000