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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... attempt to explain why others are so much a part of the image of Brazilians abroad . The scope of the inquiry will not be limited to assessing the accuracy of something as superficial as a stereotype , but I hope that through a ...
... attempt to revivify the economy by freezing prices and undertaking other drastic measures to shore up confidence in the currency . Like most such plans the cruzado plan failed , in part because Brazilians have such an infla- tionary ...
... follows two young Brazilians who immigrate to Portugal in reaction to the confiscation by the Collor regime of all personal savings accounts ( an unsuccessful attempt to stop in- PED SAO JOÃO flation ) . Alex ( Fernanda Torres CINEMA 127.
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Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
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