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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... known as the infantry which comprised the FEB ( Força Expe- dicionária Brasileira , or Brazilian Expeditionary Force ) was the squadron of Brazilian fighter pilots known as " Senta a Pua " ( " Give ' em Hell " ) . This contingent of 44 ...
... known by heart by every Brazilian schoolchild and a milestone so important in Brazilian literature that it has been rewritten , put into song , and parodied by genera- tions of Brazilians . Only 24 lines long , and written when the poet ...
... known as the poet of Brazilian abolition , largely because of the immense popularity of his poem " O navio negreiro " ( Slave ship ) , published in 1868 . A dramatic and pictorial work , the poem was perfectly suited for public readings ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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