The History of BrazilBloomsbury Academic, 30. nov 1999 - 208 pages Brazil is a vast, complex country with great potential but an uneven history. This engaging study will introduce readers to the history of Brazil from its origins to today. It emphasizes current issues and problems, including the country's return to democracy after more than two decades of harsh military rule and the economic consequences of adopting free-market policies as part of the creation of the global marketplace. Levine, a noted Brazilianist, explains the legacy of slavery on race relations, the stubborn persistence of barriers to upward mobility, and the characteristics of Brazil's exuberant culture. The author draws not only from a broad array of traditional sources but from oral histories and postings on the Internet. |
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... popular . Brazilian popular music is one of the most sophisticated and rich forms of expression in the world . Brazil has a centuries - old tradition of poetry , which in the rural hinterland has become a form of folk art . The emo ...
... popular culture , especially popular mu- sic . It was created by a group of composers and performers - Caetano Veloso , his sister Maria Bethânia , Gilberto Gil , and Gal Costa - who left Bahia in the late 1960s for Rio , the center of ...
... popular among young people . Histori- cally , however , Brazilian culture has to some degree transformed and reinvented those influences to its own rhythm . Brazilian novelas , or tel- evision dramas , are superior in quality to much of ...
Contents
An Earthly Paradise | 1 |
Early Brazil 15001822 | 31 |
Independence and Empire 18221889 | 55 |
Copyright | |
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