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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... Vargas , one of the unlikeliest strongmen in the history of Latin America . Vargas was an exception to the model because there have been so many Latin American dictators whose regimes were char- acterized by the shameless theatricality ...
Jon S. Vincent. Dutra , once a Vargas supporter , was elected . Vargas himself was elected sen- ator in two states and congressman in six . The 1945 election was the most open election to date in modern Brazilian history . Not only were ...
... Vargas was not the first nor the only Brazilian politician to demonstrate uncanny skill in reinventing himself , but he is certainly one of the most notable . Installed by the military in 1930 and deposed by them in 1945 , he returned ...
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Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
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