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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... João the motivation for keeping Brazil in a state of subservience dissipated , and suddenly Brazil was allowed to exercise rights which befitted the seat of empire . Brazilian commercial enterprises , previously severely re- stricted by ...
... João , 79 Ferreira , Lívio , 129 festas juninas , 92 Festival of Brazilian Popular Music , 110 festivals , popular , 92–94 fiction , postmodernist , 157-58 Figueiredo , General João Baptista , 66– 67 films , 117-30 ; Antonio the Killer ...
... João II , 35 João IV , 42 João VI : king , 47-48 , 96 , 132 , 171 ; re- gent , 47 Jobim , Antônio Carlos , 94 n.2 Joffily , José , 127 jogo de bicho , 93 John III , King , 38 , 39 José I , King , 45 Juazeiro , 79 Kubitschek , Juscelino ...
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Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
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