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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... took the city without much difficulty by simply landing between the forts , out of range of the Portuguese weapons . Philip , fearing that with such a foothold in South Amer- ica even Bolivia might fall to the invaders , assembled a ...
... took place in São Paulo in February . The esthetic and philosophical roots of this event are in the assorted “ isms " usually associated with the revolutionizing of modern art , such as Cubism , Italian Futurism , and Surrealism , but ...
... took place during this period , largely under the direction of Valentim Fonseca e Silva ( 1750 ? -1818 ) . An eclectic artist and builder , he was responsible for the creation of the Passeio Público and the construction of numerous ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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