Author : G. Harvey Summ
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 24,51 MB
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN :
A mosaic providing a rich and detailed picture of Brazilian culture is created by the forty-four excerpts and essays contained in this stimulating volume. Written by both contemporary experts and period observers--including naturalists, sociologists, historians, and novelists--the selections cover five centuries of Brazilian history, taking the reader from the colonial era to the 1900s.
Author : Colin M. MacLachlan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 1993-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1461665477
Over time, Brazil has evolved into a well-defined nation with a strong sense of identity. From the natural beauty of the Amazon River to the exciting resort city of Rio de Janeiro, from soccer champion Pelé to classical musician Villa Lobos, Brazil is known as a distinctive, diverse country. This book provides a well-rounded, brief history of Brazil that uniquely focuses on both the politics and culture of the republic. Colin MacLachlan uses a political narrative to frame the evolution of national culture and the formation of national identity. He evaluates Brazilian myths, stereotypes, and icons such as soccer and dancing as part of the historical analysis. A History of Modern Brazil will inform and entertain students in courses on Brazil and modern Latin America.
Author : Edward L. Smither
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 46,42 MB
Release : 2012-07-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1610978048
"From a mission field to a missions sender." These words capture the story of the Brazilian evangelical church, which has gone from receiving missionaries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to becoming a movement that presently sends out more global laborers than the churches of England or Canada do. After narrating Brazil's missional shift, in this volume Smither addresses one fascinating element of the story--Brazilian evangelical efforts in the Arab world. How have Brazilians adapted culturally among Arabs, how have they approached ministry, and how have they cultivated a theology of mission in the process? Brazilian Evangelical Missions in the Arab World gives the reader insights from one emerging missions movement with an eye toward a more comprehensive view of the global church.
Author : Paulo S.
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 28,96 MB
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0231505965
The massive grasslands of Brazil -- known as the cerrados -- which cover roughly a quarter of its land surface and are among the most threatened regions in South America, have received little media attention. This book brings together leading researchers on the area to produce the first detailed account in English of the natural history and ecology of the cerrado/savanna ecosystem. Given their extent and threatened status, the richness of their flora and fauna, and the lack of familiarity with their unique ecology at the international level, the cerrados are badly in need of this important and timely work.
Author : George Woodyard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 36,86 MB
Release : 2003-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0313089531
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.
Author : Carmen Nava
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 29,19 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742537576
This innovative volume traces Brazil's singular character, exploring both the remarkable richness and cohesion of the national culture and the contradictions and tensions that have developed over time. What shared experiences give its citizens their sense of being Brazilian? What memories bind them together? What metaphors and stereotypes of identity have emerged? Which groups are privileged over others in idealized representations of the nation? The contributors--a multidisciplinary group of U.S. and Brazilian scholars--offer a fresh look at questions that have been asked since the early nineteenth century and that continue to drive nationalist discourse today. Their chapters explore Brazilian identity through an innovative framework that brings in seldom-considered aspects of art, music, and visual images, offering a compelling analysis of how nationalism functions as a social, political, and cultural construction in Latin America. Contributions by: Cristina Antunes, Dain Borges, Val ria Costa e Silva, James Green, Efrain Kristal, Ludwig Lauerhass Jr., Cristina Magaldi, Elizabeth A. Marchant, Jos Mindlin, Carmen Nava, Jos Luis Passos, Robert Stam, and Val ria Torres
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Publisher :
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 40,26 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Plant diseases
ISBN :
Author : Ladislau Dowbor
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 14,85 MB
Release : 2005-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781842776339
The author, a Brazilian economist, combining autobiographical reflection and summation of a lifetime's work in developing countries, gives his views on the failings of conventional economics to effect postive change in the lives of the poor. Rejects both old fashioned statist economics and utopian post economics ideas of social organization.
Author : Mark J. Curran
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,39 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1466965762
Adventures of a "Gringo" Researcher in Brazil in the 1960s or In Search of Cordel is an entertaining and informative account of Professor Curran's first foray in Brazil. In this book he tells two stories: the research to collect cordel and, perhaps more importantly, the travel and the adventures of the year in Brazil. The two are inseparable and complement each other. Chapters include Recife and the Northeast, Travels to the interior of the Northeast, research in Brazil's colonial capital of Salvador da Bahia, research and tourism in Rio de Janeiro, trips to the interior of Rio, including Ouro Preto, Congonhas do Campo, and a memorable trip on a wood-burning stern wheeler on the Sao Francisco River in Minas Gerais and Bahia, and finally, research in the Amazon Basin, including both Belem do Para and Manaus. The account is not in academic language but in a colloquial, conversational style. Curran writes as one sitting down with the reader and telling tales of his travels, and perhaps with the author and reader enjoying a caipirinha, or a Brazilian draft beer choppe as they talk.
Author : Brian Tomlinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 12,81 MB
Release : 2010-11-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 1441143653
This title examines current research in materials development and discusses their implications for the learning and teaching of languages. Recently there has been a dramatic increase in the attention given to materials development as an academic discipline. More universities are including modules on materials development on their MA in applied linguistics courses and more students are studying materials development in their PhD research. Yet to date there has been no publication focusing on reporting and discussing the results of research in materials development. This fills that gap, reporting on the results of recent research projects in materials development and discussing their implications for the learning and teaching of languages. The editors' introduction outlines the rationale, scope and objectives of the book and reviews previously published reports of research in materials development. There are concluding chapters which point out implications for second language acquisition theory and research methodology. The book features suggest applications of the reported research for materials development and proposals for future action in research in materials development for language teaching.
