Envisioning Brazil : a guide to Brazilian studies in the United States, 1945-2003

書誌事項

Envisioning Brazil : a guide to Brazilian studies in the United States, 1945-2003

edited by Marshall C. Eakin and Paulo Roberto de Almeida

University of Wisconsin Press, c2005

タイトル別名

O Brasil dos brasilianistas : um guia dos estudos sobre o Brasil nos Estados Unidos, 1945-2000

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注記

"The Portuguese-language version of this book was published in Brazil in 2002 as O Brasil dos brasilianistas: um guia dos estudos sobre o Brasil nos Estados Unidos, 1945-2000 (São Paulo: Paz e Terra). The authors updated their essays in late 2003 for this English-language edition"--Introd

Includes bibliographical references and index

収録内容

  • Trends, perspectives, and prospects / Paulo Roberto de Almeida
  • Research on Brazil in the United States / Robert M. Levine
  • Teaching Brazil in U.S. universities / Theodore R. Young
  • Brazilian Portuguese language and linguistics / Carmen Chaves Tesser
  • Literature, culture, and civilization / K. David Jackson
  • Arts and music / José Neistein
  • Brazilian history in the United States / Judy Bieber
  • Anthropology of amazonia / Janet M. Chernela
  • The Brazilian economic system through U.S. lenses / Werner Baer and Roberto Guimarães
  • Political science and sociology / Marshall C. Eakin
  • International relations / Scott D. Tollefson
  • Geography / Cyrus B. Dawsey, III
  • The British contribution to the study of Brazil / Leslie Bethell
  • Comparative development of the study of Brazil in the United States and France / Edward A. Riedinger
  • A chronology of U.S.-Brazil relations and academic publications, 1945-2003 / Paulo Roberto de Almeida
  • Brasiliana in the United States : reference sources and documents / Ann Hartness
  • Selective bibliography and chronology / Paulo Roberto de Almeida

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内容説明

This comprehensive and sweeping assessment of Brazilian studies in the United States examines trends and perspectives, providing an overview of the writings by the foremost U.S. scholars of Brazil since 1945. ""The Development of Brazilian Studies in the United States"" provides an overview of Brazilian Studies in North American universities. ""Perspectives from the Disciplines"" surveys the academic disciplines that cultivate Brazilian studies: Portuguese language studies, Brazilian literature, art, music, history, anthropology, Amazonian ethnology, economics, politics, and sociology. ""Counterpoints: Brazilian Studies in Britain and France"" places the contributions of U.S. scholars in international perspective. ""Bibliographic and Reference Sources"" offers a chronology of key publications, an essay on the impact of the digital age on Brazilian sources, and a bibliography.

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