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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... term sertão in Portuguese is actually a kind of generic term for any remote or forbidding place , much as we might use the terms " backlands " or " boondocks , " but in this context it refers to a sizable and inhospitable tract of land ...
... terms ranging from branco fino ( " fine white " ) to negro retinto ( " very dark black " ) is used . Inter- mediate terms include branco da Bahia or branco da terra , moreno , sarará , mulato claro , pardo , mulato escuro , escuro ...
... term that identifies those who share and their common interests . ( The term also can be used in a pejorative sense to describe groups whose exclusivity is detrimental to others . ) promote Social life in extended family groups provides ...
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Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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