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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... Xuxa ( SHOO - sha ) , the blonde marketing phenom- enon of Brazilian television , a kind of grotesque combination of Madonna and a female version of Mr. Rogers . Brazilians will at times admit to their racist attitudes when speaking to ...
... ( Xuxa ) , 113– 14 Mercedarians , 43 messianism : in Black God , White Devil , 123 ; movement , 40 , 53 , 78 ; rebels , 97 middle class ( during Vargas ) , 57 migration , 9 Migré , Alberto , 110 Minas Gerais , 45 , 55 Minas School , 137 ...
... Xuxa , 113 tenentes , 54 terreiro , 75-76 textile industry , 54 time , importance of , 83 " Toothpuller , " 46 Tordesillas , treaty of , 35 , 40 Tordesillas Line , 46 , 78 Torres , Fernanda , 128 Tropicália , 123 , 177 Tupi , 33 ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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