Tiago Manuel
Universidade de Évora, Departamento de Historia, Undergraduate
From the second half of the twentieth century, in a society still shaken by post-World War II, we see music as a way of escape but also as an affirmation between the youth and the cultures they are involved in. One of these musical genres... more
From the second half of the twentieth century, in a society still shaken by post-World War II, we see music as a way of escape but also as an affirmation between the youth and the cultures they are involved in.
One of these musical genres that tends to emerge at this time is the so-called Rock'n''Roll, with uncertain origins but very linked to the black reality and the '' american way of life '' is being broadcast a little throughout the world, spreading from the United States to Europe, and evolving steadily in the following decades of the twentieth century and continuing to evolve today in the 21st century.
And it is in the middle of this century that this genre also arrives in Portugal, which despite its limitations and cultural delays is also evolving and becoming more and more identical, gaining an excellent uniqueness.
One of these musical genres that tends to emerge at this time is the so-called Rock'n''Roll, with uncertain origins but very linked to the black reality and the '' american way of life '' is being broadcast a little throughout the world, spreading from the United States to Europe, and evolving steadily in the following decades of the twentieth century and continuing to evolve today in the 21st century.
And it is in the middle of this century that this genre also arrives in Portugal, which despite its limitations and cultural delays is also evolving and becoming more and more identical, gaining an excellent uniqueness.
