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040			_cEscola Canadense de Niterói- Expansão Itacoatiara
041			_aEnglish
100			_aRibeiro, Darcy _eAuthor
245	1	0	_aThe brazilian people: the formation and meaning of Brazil _cDarcy Ribeiro; translated by Gregory Rabassa
250			_a1st. ed.
260			_aFlorida: _bUniversity Press of Florida, _c2000.
300			_a352 p.: _c16.51 x 3.18 x 24.13 cm (hardcover)
520			_aThis is the first English-language translation of the culmination of the life work of Darcy Ribeiro, one of Brazil's leading twentieth-century intellectuals, known internationally both for his work in Indian affairs and for his political activism. First published as O Povo Brasileiro in 1995, two years before Ribeiro's death, it quickly became a controversial best-seller. Offering a sweeping overview of the ethnic, racial, and social forces that shape Brazilian culture and society, the book presents no less than an aesthetic of the Brazilian people as a whole. While Ribeiro dwells on the paradox of Brazil as a country of immense potential hindered by racial and class prejudice, he also says it is "the most beautiful and luminous province on earth". Elegantly translated by the acclaimed Gregory Rabassa, this work does justice to Ribeiro's original Portuguese text, with all its idiosyncrasies, intrinsic poetry, epic hyperbole, and departures from contemporary U.S. norms of political correctness. It will be of immense significance to all those interested in Latin American culture, anthropology, sociology, and history as well as in the theory of culture.
650		4	_aNon-Fiction
650		4	_aHistorical Literature
650		4	_aBrazilian History
650		4	_aIndigenous
700			_aRabassa, Gregory _eTranslator _92586
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