Book 1997

Brazilian legacies

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Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Language: English
Published: 1997

Civilization
Life skills
Social conditions
Social life and customs
Moeurs et coutumes
Conditions sociales
Manners and customs
HISTORY

"Engaging, highly personal introduction to contemporary Brazilian society by a leading US historian adopts a bottom-up perspective, emphasizing frustrations of popular aspirations to dignity and justice. Essays on various topics - race, mobility, marginal 'outsiders' (includes women), informal political culture and corruption, coping strategies of the poor, and popular culture. Draws on a rich array of scholarly perspectives, personal anecdotes, and newspaper clippings"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.