From Harlem to Rio: Race and Modernity on the Brazilian Popular Stage in the 1920s

Name: From Harlem to Rio: Race and Modernity on the Brazilian Popular Stage in the 1920s
Start: 2026-11-05T22:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-11-05T23:30:00-06:00
Location: 8411 Social Sciences

João Victor Silva

8411 Social Sciences
November 5, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

This talk explores the intersection of race and modernity in Black revues in Rio de Janeiro in the 1920s, examining Brazilian teatro de revista as a combination of a cosmopolitan discourse of Black affirmation — rooted in Parisian négrophilie and African American revues — and the celebration of Afro-Brazilian expressions associated with ideas of “popular culture.”