Culture and Customs of BrazilBloomsbury Academic, 30. juuni 2003 - 195 pages 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. |
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... Alencar ( 1829-1877 ) from the northeastern state of Ceará . Alencar authored some 40 volumes of prose , drama , and essays , but his novels , which number about 20 , are his best - known works . The two most famous ones are O Gua- rani ...
... Alencar's native Ceará and deals with the romance of a Portuguese soldier , Martim , and the beautiful Indian maiden Iracema . Along with the problems of the mixed union , there are other taboos and transgressions , a protracted war ...
... Alencar also knowingly titled Iracema as a " legend of Ceará , " making it probable that he was aware of the appeal the story might have as an origin myth or a creation myth . Controversy still exists as to whether the fact that ...
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Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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