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Culture and customs of Brazil
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Culture and customs of Brazil

Author: Jon S Vincent
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
Series: Culture and customs of Latin America and the Caribbean
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
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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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jon S Vincent
ISBN: 0313304955 9780313304958
OCLC Number: 51266215
Description: xviii, 195 p. : ill., 1 map ; 24 cm.
Contents: Geography -- Race, ethnicity, and class -- Language -- History -- Religion -- Social customs / Margo Milleret -- Print media and broadcasting / Mark A. Dinneen -- Cinema / Jon Tolman -- Literature -- Art and architecture.
Series Title: Culture and customs of Latin America and the Caribbean
Responsibility: Jon S. Vincent.
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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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