The Brazilian People
Subtitle: The Formation and Meaning of Brazil (University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies)
Contributors: Gregory Rabassa (Translator)
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: August 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780813017778
Subjects: American history; American studies; Cultural studies; Social & cultural anthropology; Sociology; History - General History; Brazil - History; Social Science; Social conditions; Brazil; Latin America - South America; Anthropology - Cultural; Civilization; Ethnology; Race relations
Description: "This 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 Brosileiro 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.""--BOOK JACKET.