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Insight
Guide Brazil 
With in-depth essays on culture, history, food, politics, geography
and people, this guide offers the reader a great introduction
to the wonders of Brazil. Of course, there is stunning photography as well.
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The
Brazilians
By
Joseph
A. Page
Note: review excerpts from Publishers
Weekly.
Vast
in
area, rich
in
resources
and uniquely
integrated
in
racial
composition,
here
is Brazil
in all its
beauty,
contradictions,
promises
and
disappointments.
Page
(Peron), whose
love
affair
with the country
spans
30 years,
probes
deep into
the layers
of
Spanish,
Portuguese,
Dutch,
African and
Indian
heritage
that make
Brazil
so
alluring and
paradoxical.
The
successful
synergism
of
many races
exists
side
by
side with
real discrimination.
In
this magnetizing
study,
Page
also
explores the
meld of
Catholicism
and
Pentecostalism,
of
native Indian
healers
and
modern medicine,
of
African
rhythms
and Western
music.
He
discusses
the environmental
and
investment
scenes
as
well
as the addiction
to
soccer
and
to the telenovelas
of
the powerful
Globus
media
empire,
which so engross
the
population
that
the realities
of
life often
seem
to merge
with
their plots
and
characters.
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Brazil:
True
Stories of
Life on
the Road
Edited
by Annette
Haddad
A collection
of stories,
articles and
excerpts on
Brazil -- an
excellent introduction
to the people,
culture and
traditions
of Brazil as
seen through
the eyes of
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Gabriela,
Clove and Cinnamon
By Jorge
Amado
This
novel by one
of Brazil's
greatest writers
is set in Bahia
and tells of
the adventures
of a young
and beautiful
woman. It is
a light, funny
read, full
of insights
into the Brazilian
psyche and
culture. |
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Samba
By Alma
Guillermoprieto
An account
of life and
music in Rio
de Janeiro,
specifically
about the importance
of samba and
the samba schools
in the daily
life of the
favela - the
hillside shantytowns
where 1/3 of
Rio's residents
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The
Slum
By Aluisio
Azevedo
A Brazilian
classic of
1890 that explores
issues of race
and society.
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