| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 239 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Latin American silhouettes |
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Latin American silhouettes.
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| Contents |
Machado de Assis and the question of Brazilian national identity / Efraín Kristal and José Luiz Passos -- Euclides da Cunha's view of Brazil's fractured identity / Dain Borges -- Gilberto Freyre's concept of culture in The masters and the slaves / José Luiz Passos and Valéria Costa e Silva -- Brasiliana : published works and collections / José Mindlin and Cristina Antunes ; translation by Elizabeth A. Marchant -- Forging future citizens in Brazilian public schools, 1937-1945 / Carmen Nova -- The visual imaging of Brazilian identity / Ludwug Lauerhass, Jr. -- Cinematic images of the Brazilian Indian / Robert Stam -- The emperor and his pedestal : Pedro I and disputed views of the Brazilian nation, 1860-1900 / James N. Green -- Two musical representations of Brazil : Carlos Gomes and Villa-Lobos / Cristina Magaldi |
| Summary |
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 and memories give its citizens their sense of being Brazilian? What metaphors and stereotypes of identity have emerged? 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 ide |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Identity (Psychology) -- Brazil
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Nationalism -- Brazil
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Ethnicity -- Brazil
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
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Civilization
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Ethnicity
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Identity (Psychology)
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Nationalism
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Ethnizität
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Kultur
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Nationalbewusstsein
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| SUBJECT |
Brazil -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016522
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| Subject |
Brazil
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Brasilien
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Nava, Carmen, 1964-
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Lauerhass, Ludwig
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| ISBN |
9780742572010 |
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0742572013 |
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