Brazil / Sandra Branco.

ISBN:

9781857336894

Title:

Author:

Branco, Sandra, 1965-

Personal Author:

Branco, Sandra, 1965-

Edition:

Revised and updated.

Series:

Culture Smart!

General Note:

"The essential guide to customs and culture" -- Cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Land and People -- The Regions -- Population -- A Brief History -- Brazil in the World Today -- Government -- ch. 2 Values and Attitudes -- National Identity: Size Matters -- Novelas and Favelas -- The Country of Tomorrow -- Focus on Relationships -- Jeitinho Brasileiro -- Family Ties -- Knowing Your Place -- Formal or Informal? -- Looking Good -- Ageism -- Squeaky Clean -- Better Late Than Never -- Saudade -- Green and Yellow -- Pride and Prejudice -- Happy To Be Brazilians -- What's New? -- ch. 3 Religion, Customs, and Traditions -- God Is Everywhere -- The Catholic Church and the State -- African and Native Influenced Religions -- Kardecism (Spiritualism) -- Protestants -- Third-Millennium Religions -- Superstitions -- Football: The Unifying Religion -- The Festive Calendar -- Local Festivals -- ch. 4 Making Friends -- Meeting People -- Socializing with Work Colleagues -- Socializing with the Opposite Sex -- Invitations Home --

Contents note continued: Foreign Fascination -- Friendship the Brazilian Way -- ch. 5 Brazilians at Home -- Who's Family? -- Marriage -- Macho Men -- Children -- Education -- Employment -- Health Services -- Housing -- Shopping -- Daily Life and Routine -- ch. 6 Time Out -- Eating Out and Eating In -- Drinking -- What to Wear -- Where Brazilians Meet Up -- Sports and Exercise -- Cultural Life -- ch. 7 Travel, Health, and Safety -- General Information -- Getting Around -- Health and Safety -- ch. 8 Business Briefing -- Business Hours -- Status and Hierarchy -- Women at Work -- Dress Code -- Making Contact -- Meetings -- Presentation Style -- Negotiations -- Contracts -- Gifts -- Business Entertaining -- Keeping in Touch -- ch. 9 Communicating -- Language -- Body Language -- Hellos and Good-byes -- Conversation Style -- Humor -- The Media -- Postal and Electronic Communication -- Computers -- Conclusion.

Geographic Term:

Brazil -- Guidebooks.

Brazil -- Social life and customs.

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2014

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Shelf Number	Material Type	Copy	Shelf Location	Status
918.104 BRA	Book	1	Standard shelving location	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

For many people Brazil conjures up images of football, Carnaval and fine coffee, but it is much more than beaches and bossa nova. If you could choose only one word to describe Brazil, it would be diversity. The variety of racial types, lifestyles, wealth, landscape and climate is enormous. Jeitinho is the Brazilian means of dealing creatively with life's everyday complications. Literally translated as a "little way", in practice it means that regardless of the rules or systems in place, where there is a will there has to be a way around them. The jeitinho is so ingrained in daily life that you can see examples everywhere; managing to get a seat when all the places are booked up, traveling with more luggage than is allowed or successfully ordering something that is not on the restaurant menu. Culture Smart! Brazil is a concise guide to understanding the Brazilian people and illuminating the complexities of their national identity. Familiarise yourself with their customs, traditions and culture and experience Brazil authentically.

Author Notes

Sandra Branco is a Brazilian-born writer now living in the UK. After graduating in Communications from São Paulo University she worked as a video and television producer and scriptwriter in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Bahia, and Ceará, before going on to gain an MA in Screenwriting at the Northern School of Film and Television in Leeds. She now lives and works in London. Rob Williams is a senior lecturer at the University of Westminster in London, running MA programs in Applied Language Studies and International Liaison and Communication. He has lived and worked in France, Spain, Germany, Romania, and Brazil. He is also a lead consultant for CultureSmart! Consulting.