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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... twentieth century Porto Alegre became the southern terminus for new roads and highways and in 1920 authorities finally authorized a major dredging operation in the port to compensate for the loss of shipping to ports such as Montevideo ...
... twentieth century Brazil's export economy was principally one of unfinished goods ( mainly sugar , coffee , and cacao ) , but by 1990 finished goods ( automobiles , appliances , arms ) and services were worth over twice as much as raw ...
... twentieth century . It is only in the latter half of the twentieth century that film became regarded as an artistic medium and was given serious attention by intellectuals and academe . Today " movies " are the stuff of the classroom ...
Contents
Print Media and Broadcasting | 95 |
Cinema | 117 |
Literature | 131 |
Copyright | |
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