Culture and Customs of Brazil
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Culture and Customs of Brazil

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Culture and Customs of Brazil

About this book

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. This is the only authoritative yet accessible volume on Brazil that surveys a wide range of important topics, from geography, to social customs, art, architecture, and more. Highlights include discussions of the fluid definitions of race, rituals of candomble, the importance of extended family networks, beach culture, and soccer madness. A chronology and glossary supplement the text.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Series Foreword
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction
  6. Chronology
  7. 1 Geography
  8. 2 Race, Ethnicity, and Class
  9. 3 Language
  10. 4 History
  11. 5 Religion
  12. 6 Social Customs
  13. 7 Print Media and Broadcasting
  14. 8 Cinema
  15. 9 Literature
  16. 10 Art and Architecture
  17. Glossary
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index