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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 32
... industrial park in Latin America , with refineries , petrochemical and electronics industries , and a thriving automobile industry . The economy of the state of São Paulo , in fact , is larger than that of any country in Latin America ...
... industry , beer production . Consistent with the country's fond- ness for the gigantic , it is today the home of two ... industry Curitiba prospered , and in the twentieth century industrialization added to that growth . Industries in ...
... industry . With industrial production and mass marketing came economies of scale and in- tense international competition . For decades , film industries in First World countries like the United Kingdom , France , Italy , and Germany ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
2 other sections not shown