Made in Brazil


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Made in Brazil: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth-century Brazilian popular music. The volume consists of essays by scholars of Brazilian music, and covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music in Brazil. Each essay provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance to Brazilian popular music. The book first presents a general description of the history and background of popular music in Brazil, followed by essays that are organized into thematic sections: Samba and Choro; History, Memory, and Representations; Scenes and Artists; and Music, Market and New Media.




A Taste of Brazil


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Bring the flavors of Brazil to your table with this collection of authentic and classic Brazilian recipes! ***BLACK AND WHITE EDITION***Brazilian cooking has gained international popularity thanks to its exotic mix of African, Portuguese and indigenous cuisines. And Brazilian food inspiration does not stop there, as many cultures - primarily German, Middle Eastern, Italian and Japanese have played their role in influencing many of Brazil's classic cuisines. So although it starts with the indigenous tribes-and usually beans and rice-Brazilian food represents a fusion of many different culinary traditions and food cultures. Amazonian ingredients add a special touch. Locally grown tropical fruits and vegetables make meals wholesome and full of vibrant flavors. Many assume that cooking Brazilian recipes is a complex and time-consuming task. But while it is true that many of the recipes sound exotic, they are actually quite manageable and approachable. It also helps that Brazil is a developing country where most food is cooked at home and prepared from scratch. That means that most dishes are easy to prepare at home without any special kitchen skills or utensils. Inside this illustrated cookbook, you'll find 50 authentic Brazilian recipes including: Some information about the Brazilian food culture and the ingredients used for cooking authentic Brazilian dishes. Delightful appetizers and salads such as the Salt Cod Croquettes and the Cornmeal Empanadas. Traditional soups and stews such as the Black Bean Stew with Smoked Meats and the Heart of Palm Soup. Wholesome main entrees like the Beef Rump Steak BBQ and the Brazilian Churrasco BBQ. Vegetarian, side, beans and rice recipes such as the Vegetarian Bobo and the Black Eye Peas and Rice Delicious desserts such as the Chocolate Truffles and the Grilled Spiced Pineapple. Recipes come with beautiful images, a detailed list of ingredients, cooking and preparation times, number of servings, easy to follow step-by-step instructions, as well as nutritional information per serving. Let's get started! Scroll back up and click the BUY NOW button at the top right side of this page for an immediate download!




Imagining the Mulatta


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Brazil markets itself as a racially mixed utopia. The United States prefers the term melting pot. Both nations have long used the image of the mulatta to push skewed cultural narratives. Highlighting the prevalence of mixed race women of African and European descent, the two countries claim to have perfected racial representation—all the while ignoring the racialization, hypersexualization, and white supremacy that the mulatta narrative creates. Jasmine Mitchell investigates the development and exploitation of the mulatta figure in Brazilian and U.S. popular culture. Drawing on a wide range of case studies, she analyzes policy debates and reveals the use of mixed-Black female celebrities as subjects of racial and gendered discussions. Mitchell also unveils the ways the media moralizes about the mulatta figure and uses her as an example of an ”acceptable” version of blackness that at once dreams of erasing undesirable blackness while maintaining the qualities that serve as outlets for interracial desire.




Brazilian Bulletin


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The Handbook of Critical Literacies


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The Handbook of Critical Literacies aims to answer the timely question: what are the social responsibilities of critical literacy academics, researchers, and teachers in today’s world? Critical literacies are classically understood as ways to interrogate texts and contexts to address injustices and they are an essential literacy practice. Organized into thematic and regional sections, this handbook provides substantive definitions of critical literacies across fields and geographies, surveys of critical literacy work in over 23 countries and regions, and overviews of research, practice, and conceptual connections to established and emerging theoretical frameworks. The chapters on global critical literacy practices include research on language acquisition, the teaching of literature and English language arts, Youth Participatory Action Research, environmental justice movements, and more. This pivotal handbook enables new and established researchers to position their studies within highly relevant directions in the field and engage, organize, disrupt, and build as we work for more sustainable social and material relations. A groundbreaking text, this handbook is a definitive resource and an essential companion for students, researchers, and scholars in the field.




Brazil


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Claiming Brazil


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Brazil marked its centennial as an independent country in 1922. Claiming Brazil explores how Brazilians from different walks of life commemorated the event, and how this led to conflicting ideas of national identity. Civic rituals hold enormous significance, and Brazilian citizens, immigrants, and visitors employed them to articulate and perform their sense of what Brazil was, stood for, and could be. Gregg Bocketti argues that these celebrations, rather than uniting the country, highlighted tensions between modernity and tradition, over race and ethnicity, and between nation and region. Further, the rituals contributed to the collapse of the country’s social and political status quo and gave substance to the debates and ideas that characterized Brazilian life in the 1920s and then under the transformative rule of Getúlio Vargas (1930–1945). Now, at the bicentennial of Brazil’s independence, which itself unfolds in a period of political crisis and economic dislocation, and in the aftermath of several large civic events, it is an opportune moment to consider how Brazilians used civic rituals to engage with questions of identity, belonging, and citizenship one hundred years ago.




Brazil


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Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the most popular resort cities to the most exotic villages, Insight Guides capture the unique character of each culture with an insider's perspective. Inside every Insight Guide you'll find:.Evocative, full-colour photography on every page.Cross-referenced, full-colour maps throughout.A brief introduction including a historical timeline .Lively, essays by local writers on the culture, history, and people.Expert evaluations on the sights really worth seeing.Special features spotlighting particular topics of interest.A comprehensive Travel Tips section with listings of the best restaurants, hotels, and attractions, as well as practical information on getting around and advice for travel with children




Brazil


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The best one-volume introduction to the history, politics and culture of Brazil.




The New Brazil


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The New Brazil tells the story of South America's largest country as it evolved from a remote Portuguese colony into a regional leader; a respected representative for the developing world; and, increasingly, an important partner for the United States and the European Union. In this engaging book, Riordan Roett traces the long road Brazil has traveled to reach its present status, examining the many challenges it has overcome and those that lie ahead. He discusses the country's development as a colony, empire, and republic; the making of modern Brazil, beginning with the rise to power of Getúlio Vargas; the advent of the military government in 1964; the return to civilian rule two decades later; and the pivotal presidencies of Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luiz Inácio (Lula) da Silva, leading to the nation's current world status as one of the BRIC countries. Under newly elected President Dilma Rousseff, much remains to be done to consolidate and expand its global role. Nonetheless, as a player on the world stage, Brazil is here to stay. "In part the [country's] success is due to external factors such as the high demand for Brazilian exports, particularly in China and the rest of Asia. But it also reflects sophisticated policy choices, including inflation targeting and maintenance of an autonomous central bank."—from the Introduction