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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... period , lasting about 30 years , was also marked by the beginning of race mixing ( the Portuguese brought no women ) ... period , also known as the " period of neglect , " ended in 1530 , when a Portuguese noble , Martim Afonso de Sousa ...
... period of press production begin . That year , Dom Pedro , who was left to govern Brazil as Prince Regent after his father King João VI had returned to Portugal , relaxed the restrictions and opened the way for much greater press ...
... period . Brazilian artists were important as well , but most of them were trained by the French and simply reproduced art which catered to the rather conser- vative tastes of the court . Brazilian art became a kind of satellite of ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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