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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... fact , most Portuguese speakers are so delighted that a nonnative is trying to speak their language that it is almost impossible to get them to correct errors . Because Brazilians are so verbal , in fact , it is altogether possible to ...
... fact that since literature appears as some sort of discourse rather than as graphic or affective representation , it is the most ideologically transparent of the arts , allowing almost immediate analysis of the esthetic positions of ...
... fact , though the speech of characters borders on an almost Tarzanesque dialect , the truly massive infusion of Brazilian flora and fauna appears to contribute an element of the charm Brazilians find in the novels . Alencar also ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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