Leituras Brasileiras Mariza Veloso.pdf

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Leituras Brasileiras: A Journey Through Brazilian Culture and LiteratureLeituras Brasileiras is a book written by Mariza Veloso and Angélica Madeira, two Brazilian scholars who explore the diverse and rich expressions of Brazilian culture and literature. The book was first published in 1999 by Paz e Terra, a prestigious publisher of social sciences and humanities in Brazil.

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The book consists of nine chapters, each one focusing on a different aspect of Brazilian culture and literature, such as identity, modernity, nation, race, gender, violence, memory, and utopia. The authors analyze various texts from different genres and periods, such as novels, essays, poems, songs, films, and testimonies. They also engage in a dialogue with other authors who have contributed to the understanding of Brazil, such as Gilberto Freyre, Sérgio Buarque de Holanda, Caio Prado Júnior, Darcy Ribeiro, Euclides da Cunha, Machado de Assis, Clarice Lispector, Jorge Amado, Chico Buarque, Glauber Rocha, and many others.

Leituras Brasileiras is not only a book about Brazilian culture and literature, but also a book that reflects on the process of reading itself. The authors show how reading is always an interpretation, a dialogue, and a construction of meaning. They also show how reading