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The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)
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by Amelia Simpson, Robert M. Levine, and John Crocitti
Sales Rank: 190226
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$11.16
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on 6-19-2008.
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 527 pages
Published by: Duke University Press December 1999
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0822322900
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0822322900
Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.2 x 1.6 inches
Weighs: 2 pounds
Product Review
“A stellar collection of texts on Brazilian history and contemporary life. No ordinary reader, this volume goes below the surface to introduce an American audience to Brazil’s complexities and diversity.”
--Foreign Affairs
“Duke University Press has just brought out . . . the closest thing to a voyage around ‘the great green elbow’ that one of its novelists called his rich and varied country. The book shimmers with every type of essay, historiography, and literary tidbit.”
--Rain City Review
“Whether ingested in short sips or long draughts, The Brazil Reader has an accumulative weight, breadth, and durability. . . . [I]t’s a book that offers an intelligent and up-to-date survey of a vital and vibrant country. It’s hard to imagine how we were able to get along without it.”
--Bondo Wyszpolski, Brazzil
“The Brazil Reader captures the history and culture of the South American country in small but powerful doses. . . [A] splendid work. . . . The scholar will find it a source of reference, while the general reader will gain a general knowledge of Brazil’s past as well as acquire an understanding of the country’s problems and prospects.”
--Melvin D. Davis, South Eastern Latin Americanist
“[D]esigned to whet the appetite and quicken the imagination. . . . None of the readings is irrelevant or without purpose. Most tease and provoke, urging the reader to search for more and read on. As an introduction to five hundred years of history, that is no mean achievement.”
--Peter Flynn, Bulletin of Latin American Research
“This volume comes as close to capturing Brazil as any book to date, with over one hudered excerpts guiding the reader through the country’s history, diversity, and culture. The selection of texts is excellent—creative and interdisciplinary, ranging widely from the academic and critical to the traditional and reactionary. . . . [A] wonderfully intelligent, provocative and sympathetic reader on one of the world’s most complex countries, great for the student and general reader alike.”
--British Bulletin of Publications
“[An] impressive volume. . . skillfully edited. . . . The Brazil Reader communicates easily and intelligently with undergraduate students, academic specialists on Brazil and Latin America, and travelers to Brazil for business or pleasure. The Brazil Reader is a rich and essential complement to simplistic travel guides on Brazil. Whether a traveler, a teacher, a researcher, a journalist, or a businessperson, anyone who wants to really learn about and capture Brazil’s essence has been given a awesome gift in Robert M. Levine’s and Joseph J. Crocitti Jr.’s The Brazil Reader.”
--Martha K. Huggins, Luso-Brazilian Review
“Capturing the scope of Brazil’s rich diversity and distinction—with over a hundred entries from a wealth of perspectives–this book offers a fascinating guide to Brazilian life, culture, and history.”
--Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education
“The Brazil Reader is simply indispensable. . . .”
--Julio César Pino, Hispanic American Historical Review
“The Reader cannot fail to impress. . . . The specialist, the activist, the artist and the anonymous all find a space in The Brazil Reader, creating what the editors describe as a ‘balance of voices.’ In summary, for the well-heeled scholar or the curious undergraduate The Brazil Reader will present possibilities, challenges and thought-provoking reading.”
--Jane-Marie Collins, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies
"Complementing traditional views with fresh ones, this books’ selections range from early colonization to the present day, with sections on imperial and republican Brazil, the days of slavery, the Vargas years, and the return to democracy. . . . A hefty volume that will satisfy your curiosity on almost all things Brazilian."
--South American Explorer
Product Description
Bordering all but two of South America’s other nations and by far Latin America’s largest country, Brazil differs linguistically, historically, and culturally from Spanish America. Its indigenous peoples share the country with descendants of Portuguese conquerors and the Africans they imported to work as slaves, along with more recent immigrants from southern Europe, Japan, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Capturing the scope of this country’s rich diversity and distinction as no other book has done—with over a hundred entries from a wealth of perspectives—The Brazil Reader offers a fascinating guide to Brazilian life, culture, and history.
Complementing traditional views with fresh ones, The Brazil Reader’s historical selections range from early colonization to the present day, with sections on imperial and republican Brazil, the days of slavery, the Vargas years, and the more recent return to democracy. They include letters, photographs, interviews, legal documents, visual art, music, poetry, fiction, reminiscences, and scholarly analyses. They also include observations by ordinary residents, both urban and rural, as well as foreign visitors and experts on Brazil. Probing beneath the surface of Brazilian reality—past and present—The Reader looks at social behavior, women’s lives, architecture, literature, sexuality, popular culture, and strategies for coping with the travails of life in a country where the affluent live in walled compounds to separate themselves from the millions of Brazilians hard-pressed to find food and shelter. Contributing to a full geographic account—from the Amazon to the Northeast and the Central-South—of this country’s singular multiplicity, many pieces have been written expressly for this volume or were translated for it, having never previously been published in English.
This second book in The Latin America Readers series will interest students, specialists, travelers for both business and leisure, and those desiring an in-depth introduction to Brazilian life and culture.
Reader Reviews
This book is a collection of short essays on Brazil. I found at least half to be quite interesting, though I probably skimmed about a quarter of them. Many of the essays frequently give a first hand account of life as a small farmer, favela resident or fisherman in Brazil. These essays capture and explain to the English reader the hopes, values and experiences of actual Brazilians. Most English readers gain their understanding of Brazil only second hand through academics or journalists. This book offers a fresh, reality based perspective on Brazil for English readers who haven't learned about Brazil outside of academia, the New York Times, or the beaches of Rio.
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