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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... land owned by someone else . They usually have no running water , sewers , or electricity . In some , city services such as electricity are pirated by running illegal lines to a power source , often to power television sets . The houses ...
... land within the captaincy ( sesmarias ) . They also had considerable responsibility , including defense . Colonizing this vast new land was not without its perils , aside from Portugal's somewhat lukewarm enthusiasm for the venture ...
... Land , 1995 — Terra Estrangeira ) , and two superb films , Central Sta- tion ( 1998 - Central do Brasil ) and Behind the Sun ( 2001 — Broken April ) . His Midnight ( 1999 — O Primeiro Dia ) is a short , experimental film that does not ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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