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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... created by an invasão ( invasion ) , in which squatters identify a piece of unoccupied land and or- ganize a quasi - military expedition , usually at night , in which the invaders erect from a dozen to as many as fifty barracos ( shacks ) ...
... created a new Ministry of Labor out of part of the former Ministry of Agriculture and was at least partly responsible for the creation of labor unions he then used as political support . But he also made sure the big cotton ...
... created the first national idols of popular song , such as Francisco Alves and Carmen Miranda . Stations worked strenuously to discover new artists , and also contracted orchestras and paid major musicians to star in them . Audiences ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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