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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... nineteenth century with the arrival of large numbers of immigrants , notably from Germany , and with the Germans came a new industry , beer production . Consistent with the country's fond- ness for the gigantic , it is today the home of ...
... nineteenth century with the transfer of the court from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro in 1808. The transformation of Rio from a colonial backwash to the seat of empire had immediate and profound effect . João VI found Fonseca e Silva's ...
... nineteenth century , Pedro Américo ( de Figueireido e Melo ) ( 1843-1915 ) . Pedro Américo was fond of paintings inspired by Biblical motifs , but he became famous for his Batalha de Avaí ( 1888 ) , a patriotic painting inspired by one ...
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Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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