A Respectable Spell Douglas Braun Sought-after author and speaker Miriam

Sought-after author and speaker Miriam P

The crime described in A Double Life and the Detectives is less of a whodunit and more of a whydunit

cover a spectrum of personal history

or to unmask an anonymous editorialist—but how is it done

Illuminating the power of parody and reappropriation

A Respectable Spell Douglas Braun Sought-after author and speaker MiriamA landmark in Brazilian music scholarship, A Respectable Spell introduces English speaking readers to the rich history of samba from its nineteenth century origins to its emergence as a distinctive genre in the 1930s. Merging storytelling with theory, Carlos Sandroni profiles performers, composers, and others while analyzing the complex ideologies their music can communicate in their lyrics and rhythms, and how the meaning of songs and musical genres