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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... SOCIAL CLASS The pervasiveness of racial and ethnic prejudice in Brazil has produced a society in which the upper classes are the whitest and the lower classes are the darkest . This is not an absolute rule - Brazil has no caste system ...
... social life of the group , and to be available to the others at all times . Parentela is similar in some ways to the more specialized networks of churches , food cooperatives , country clubs , social clubs , and support groups in the ...
... social relations govern attitudes toward time . Brazilians recognize that appointments should be kept , but if a friend shows up , personal loyalty requires that the friend receive ... social events for extended family SOCIAL CUSTOMS 83.
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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