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Culture and Customs of Brazil

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Jon S. Vincent

Book Code: GR0495

ISBN: 0-313-30495-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30495-8

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216 pages, maps, photos, tables

Greenwood Press

Publication: 6/30/2003

List Price: $57.95 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Culture and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean

Reviews:

[C]learly written and includes a great deal of detailed information fur students exploring a variety of cultural topics.
—Multicultural Review Summer 2004
If you need popularly written anaysis of Brazil, this will fit into your high school world studies assignments....This reference will provide students with additional discussions beyond the encyclopedia and will be a good source to check basic information. It fits well with high school world studies assignments as they learn about this continent.
—Gale Reference for Students September 2003

Description: Race, religion, language, culture, and national character are full of contradictions. Brazil, the largest country in South America, embodies so much paradox that it defies neat description. This book will help students and general readers dispel stereotypes of Brazil and begin to understand what country's "bigness" means in terms of its land, people, history, society, and cultural expressions. This is the only authoritative yet accessible volume on Brazil that surveys a wide range of important topics, from geography, to social customs, art, architecture, and more. Highlights include discussions of the fluid definitions of race, rituals of candomblé, the importance of extended family networks, beach culture, and soccer madness. A chronology and glossary supplement the text.

Table of Contents:

Series Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Chronology
Geography
Race, Ethnicity, and Class
Language
History
Religion
Social Customs by Margo Milleret
Print Media and Broadcasting by Mark A. Dinneen
Cinema by Jon Tolman
Literature
Art and Architecture
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 2002044841

LCC Class: F2537

Dewey Class: 306


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