Culture and Customs of Brazil - (Culture and Customs of Latin America and the Caribbean) by Jon S Vincent & George Woodyard (Hardcover)

About the 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.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

?[C]learly written and includes a great deal of detailed information fur students exploring a variety of cultural topics.?-Multicultural Review

?If you need popularly written anaysis of Brazil, this will fit into your high school world studies assignments....This reference will provide students with additional discussions beyond the encyclopedia and will be a good source to check basic information. It fits well with high school world studies assignments as they learn about this continent.?-Gale Reference for Students

"ÝC¨learly written and includes a great deal of detailed information fur students exploring a variety of cultural topics."-Multicultural Review

"[C]learly written and includes a great deal of detailed information fur students exploring a variety of cultural topics."-Multicultural Review

"If you need popularly written anaysis of Brazil, this will fit into your high school world studies assignments....This reference will provide students with additional discussions beyond the encyclopedia and will be a good source to check basic information. It fits well with high school world studies assignments as they learn about this continent."-Gale Reference for Students

About the Author

JON S. VINCENT was a Professor of Portuguese in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.