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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... Portuguese and other critical languages . Sadly , now American institutions of higher education enroll a bit over 1 % of the number of students of Portuguese as study Spanish , and even students in Italian , German , Japanese , and ...
... Portuguese colonists as well . In the nineteenth century , after Brazil became first the seat of empire and then an independent nation , a wave of anti - Portuguese sentiment swept the country . Societies called mata - galego ...
... Portuguese in Europe . This early period , lasting about 30 years , was also marked by the beginning of race mixing ( the Portuguese brought no women ) and by the Jesuits ' efforts to devise some sort of communication system so that the ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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