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The Brazilian Puzzle: Culture on the Borderlands of the Western World »
Authors: David J. Hess (Editor), Roberto DaMatta (Editor), Roberto Damatta
ISBN-13: 9780231101158, ISBN-10: 0231101155
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date Published: February 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: David J. Hess
David J. Hess is an anthropologist and associate professor in the science and technology studies department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Roberto DaMatta is a Brazilian anthropologist and the Reverend Edmund P. Joyce professor of anthropology at the Kellogg Institute of the University of Notre Dame.
Book Synopsis
Provides a unique picture of everyday life in Brazil viewed from a comparative perspective. Brazilian scholars and Brazilianists explore a range of topics, including sports, music, voluntary associations, religion, police practices, race and gender, and poor neighborhoods.
Booknews
The "Brazilian puzzle" refers to the mixture of Western and non- Western cultures, as well as the modern and the traditional, that have coexisted in Brazil for centuries. This collection's 11 essays consider various aspects of Brazilian culture, including social relations; race, class and gender in a changing society; ideologies and cultures on an international stage; and Brazilian society as a macrostructure in comparative perspective. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Brazilian Styles of Social Relations | 31 |
| 1 | The Brazilian Jeitinho: An Exercise in National Identity | 35 |
| 2 | Swimming in Cross-Cultural Currents | 49 |
| 3 | Small Town, Brazil: Heaven and Hell of Personalism | 59 |
| 2 | Race, Class, and Gender in a Changing Society | 85 |
| 4 | Rituals, Scandals, and Sex Crimes: Attempted Rape-Murders Across Two Generations | 89 |
| 5 | Morality and Transgression Among Brazilian Poor Families: Exploring Ambiguities | 114 |
| 6 | The Celebration of Our Lord of the Good End: Changing State, Church, and Afro-Brazilian Relations in Bahia | 134 |
| 3 | Ideologies and Cultures on an International Stage | 155 |
| 7 | Tupi or Not Tupi MPB: Popular Music and Identity in Brazil | 159 |
| 8 | Hierarchy, Heterodoxy, and the Construction of Brazilian Religious Therapies | 180 |
| 9 | The Brazilianization of Alcoholics Anonymous | 209 |
| 4 | Brazilian Society: Macrostructures in Comparative Perspective | 237 |
| 10 | Bureaucratic Rationality in Brazil and in the United States: Criminal Justice Systems in Comparative Perspective | 241 |
| 11 | For an Anthropology of the Brazilian Tradition: or "A Virtude esta no Meio" | 270 |
| Afterword: The Distorted Mirror - Brazil and the United States | 293 | |
| Notes on Contributors | 299 | |
| Index | 303 |
Subjects
History
Latin American History South American History
Nonfiction Social Sciences Latinos & Latin Americans
Nonfiction Social Sciences Regional Studies
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Science & Nature Social Sciences Latinos & Latin Americans
Science & Nature Social Sciences Regional Studies
Science & Nature Social Sciences General & Miscellaneous
Social Sciences Latinos & Latin Americans National Characteristics - Latin America & Caribbean
Social Sciences Latinos & Latin Americans Social Conditions - Latin America
Social Sciences Regional Studies National Characteristics
Social Sciences General & Miscellaneous Ethnic & Race Relations
Social Sciences General & Miscellaneous Popular Culture Studies
Nonfiction History Latin American History
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Social Sciences General & MiscellaneousScience & Nature
Social Sciences Latinos & Latin AmericansScience & Nature
Social Sciences Regional StudiesScience & Nature
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Latinos & Latin Americans National Characteristics - Latin America & CaribbeanSocial Sciences
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General & Miscellaneous Ethnic & Race RelationsSocial Sciences
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