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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... influence on Brazilian culture , since our stereotype is that Italians alone use gestures constantly — as in the old joke about the ship that foundered , the only pas- sengers to swim to shore being two Italians . When asked how they ...
... influence within the country . Newspaper sales grew appreciably in the 1990s , and the same is true for magazines , with the appearance of a growing number of new titles catering to specialist interests . However , given the size of the ...
... influence as men and women of ideas and as makers of language . Their influence is so great that they are frequently interviewed in the daily press and asked to give their opinions on the current status of Brazilian diplomacy or the ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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