Books About Brazil » People http://booksaboutbrazil.com Best books about Brazil Sun, 09 May 2010 21:51:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Brazilian People: The Formation and Meaning of Brazil http://booksaboutbrazil.com/2010/03/15/the-brazilian-people-the-formation-and-meaning-of-brazil/ http://booksaboutbrazil.com/2010/03/15/the-brazilian-people-the-formation-and-meaning-of-brazil/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:00:27 +0000 admin http://booksaboutbrazil.com/?p=456
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This is an English-language translation of the culmination of the life work of Darcy Ribeiro, one of Brazil’s leading 20th-century intellectuals, known both for his work in Indian affairs and for his political activism. First published as “O Povo Brasiliero” in 1995, two years before Ribeiro’s death, it quickly became a controversial bestseller. Offering a sweeping overview of the ethnic, racial and social forces that shape Brazilian culture and society, the text presents an aesthetic of the Brazilian people as a whole. While the author dwells on the paradox of Brazil as a country of immense potential hindered by racial and class prejudice, he also describes it as “the most beautiful and luminous province on Earth”. Translated by Gregory Rabassa, this version does justice to the original Portuguese text, with all its idiosyncrasies, intrinsic poetry, epic hyperbole and departure from contemporary US norms of political correctness. It should be useful to all interested in Latin American culture, anthropology, sociology and history, as well as in the theory of culture.

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Brazil is a land of global superlatives, boasting the best soccer, the largest rainforest and the world’s worst social and economic inequity. Its vibrant culture is best known for Carnival and samba and attracts thousands of visitors every year. The Carnival capital of Rio also showcases Brazil’s contrasts, as the shanty towns of the dispossessed cling to spectacular mountainsides, overlooking the beach playgrounds of the rich. Brazil in Focus is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to the giant of Latin America. It explores: the history, the people, the politics, the economy, the Amazon and the environment, the culture and where to go and what to see.

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