Between Nostalgia and Apocalypse

"This is an intelligent and well-researched book. The narratives that emerge are not only well-chosen, but they are articulated so as to preserve the multiple complexities in play—mud huts that are envied by the homeless but intended for touristic consumption, mannequins that dance awkwardly with their sources of inspiration, and so much more. Daniel Sharp is to be commended on his approach to music that hears it as embedded in complex circulatory matrices."—Alexander Sebastian Dent, River of Tears: Country Music, Memory, and Modernity in Brazil

"[Between Nostalgia and Apocalypse] represents an appealing contribution to the growing literature on the uses of tradition and a revealing portrait of how and why different cultural entities attempt to co-opt or transform musical forms whose significance goes far beyond their artistic attributes. The study offers and illuminating view of the uses of music and of individual and collective memory in the construction of a new—if stubbornly 'traditional'—Northeast [Brazil]."—Candace Slater, Journal of Folklore Research

"A valuable resource for those interested ethnomusicology, ethnography, anthropology, or sociology."—K.W. Mukuna, Choice

"This is an intelligent and well-researched book. The narratives that emerge are not only well-chosen, but they are articulated so as to preserve the multiple complexities in play—mud huts that are envied by the homeless but intended for touristic consumption, mannequins that dance awkwardly with their sources of inspiration, and so much more. Daniel Sharp is to be commended on his approach to music that hears it as embedded in complex circulatory matrices."—Alexander Sebastian Dent, author of River of Tears: Country Music, Memory, and Modernity in Brazil

"Between Nostalgia and Apocalypse takes an unvarnished look at the range of human emotions that arise under a unique set of circumstances in which intensely local social dynamics collide with national identity, intangible heritage, and historical revision. Importantly, it moves the discussion of these topics beyond the exhausted hybridity and globalization paradigms."—Frederick Moehn, author of Contemporary Carioca: Technologies of Mixing in a Brazilian Music Scene