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The Brazilian Puzzle
Provides a unique picture of everyday life in Brazil viewed from a comparative perspective. Brazilian scholars and Brazilianists explore a range of topics, including sports, music, voluntary associations, religion, police practices, race and gender, and poor neighborhoods.
Carnivals, Rogues, and Heroes
Encompassing half the continent of South America, Brazil is one of the most modern, complex, and misunderstood nations. Renowned Brazilian anthropologist Roberto DaMatta takes the misconceptions and offers a fresh, provocative interpretation of the complexity of social structure in Brazil. Using the tools of comparative social anthropology, DaMatta seeks to understand his native country by examining the values, attitudes, and systems that shape the identity of Brazil and its people. He probes the dilemma between the highly authoritarian, hierarchical aspects of Brazilian society and the concurrent desire for equality, democracy, and harmony in that same society. DaMatta leads us on a fascinating exploration into the the world of Brazilian carnivals, rogues, and heroes, and in so doing uncovers a deeper meaning of the rituals, symbols, and dramatizations unique to Brazil and its multifaceted society.
Crônicas da vida e da morte
Autor de obras de referência na antropologia, na sociologia e na ciência política, Roberto DaMatta também lança seu olhar crítico sobre o Brasil e o mundo nas páginas de grandes jornais do país. Reunidas neste volume, suas crônicas revisitam temas que o consagraram, como o futebol e o carnaval, as diferenças culturais e políticas entre as nações de Obama e Lula, e outros, menos abordados, de cunho mais pessoal e memorialístico. Com a mesma verve irônica e informal que o consagrou, e adicionando a ela um discurso em tom confessional, Roberto DaMatta comprova, em Crônicas da vida e da morte, por que é um eximo cronista do público e do privado. Entre exercícios de distanciame...
A Divided World
The social structure of the Apinaye, a Central Brazilian Indian tribe, has puzzled anthropologists for forty years. Now, in this long-awaited book previously unavailable in English, Roberto Da Matta comprehensively describes Apinaye social life and the dualistic conceptual structure that underlies it. Special attention is given to the organization of daily and ceremonial life, the ideological aspects of kinship, the political system, and the confrontation between the Apinaye and the national Brazilian society. Da Matta then enlarges his account of the Apinaye to suggest a general interpretation of Indian culture in Central Brazil.
Relativizando
Um livro a um só tempo denso e leve que analisa, com profundo conhecimento de causa, os elementos teóricos fundamentais na Antropologia Social contemporânea. Assim é Relativizando: uma introdução à antropologia social, de Roberto DaMatta. Trata-se, sobretudo, de um manual que disseca a teoria, sem nunca esquecer que a prática é igualmente responsável pelo aprendizado de base de toda e qualquer ciência. Especialmente, quando a matéria em questão é a Antropologia, quase sempre refratária a verdades absolutas e definitivas. DaMatta aborda nas páginas deste livro alguns do pontos vitais da Antropologia. Para tanto, faz o levantamento histórico de sua evolução e funcionamento, ...
O que faz o brasil, Brasil?
Roberto DaMatta – um dos mais eminentes antropólogos brasileiros – traça neste livro um apanhado das questões com que vem lidando no desenvolvimento de uma antropologia brasileira e do Brasil. Com a simplicidade que a compreensão propicia, mas sem o simplismo dos raciocínios esquemáticos, o autor expressa bem o caráter denso da realidade brasileira. A força dessa expressão não está na unidade de uma definição ("o que é o Brasil"), mas sim na identidade que se busca e na dramaticidade que é retratada: uma maneira de ser, um estilo, cuja chave de entendimento está no "dilema brasileiro". Este dilema com que nos defrontamos é o de uma sociedade tradicional e totalizante às...
Democratic Brazil Revisited
Brazil presents a compelling example of twenty-first century democracy in action. In this sequel to their landmark study Democratic Brazil, editors Peter Kingstone and Timothy J. Power have assembled a distinguished group of U.S.- and Brazilian-based scholars to assess the impact of competitive politics on Brazilian government, institutions, economics, and society. The 2002 election of Lula da Silva and his Worker's Party promised a radical shift toward progressive reform, transparency, and accountability, opposing the earlier centrist and market-oriented policies of the Cardoso government. But despite the popular support reflected in his 2006 reelection, many observers claim that Lula and h...
The Brazil Reader
Capturing the scope of this country's rich diversity--with over 100 entries from a wealth of perspectives--"The Brazil Reader" offers a fascinating guide to Brazilian life, culture, and history. 52 photos. Map & illustrations.
Temples of the Earthbound Gods
In Rio de Janeiro, the spiritual home of world football, and Buenos Aires, where a popular soccer club president was recently elected mayor, the game is an integral part of national identity. Using the football stadium as an illuminating cultural lens, Temples of the Earthbound Gods examines many aspects of urban culture that play out within these monumental architectural forms, including spirituality, violence, rigid social norms, anarchy, and also expressions of sexuality and gender. Tracing the history of the game in Brazil and Argentina through colonial influences as well as indigenous ball courts in Mayan, Aztec, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Olmec societies, Christopher Gaffney's study spans both ancient and contemporary worlds, linking the development of stadiums to urbanization and the consolidation of nation building in two of Latin America's most intriguing megacities.
Eagles, Donkeys and Butterflies
"For years, anthropologists have been interested in jogo do bicho as a key Brazilian institution. We now have an English translation uniting Roberto DaMatta's theoretical acumen and knowledge of Brazil with Elena So rez's field work. In Eagles, Donkeys, and Butterflies, they combine a stunningly effective analysis of the game in terms of rituals and symbols with an enlightening analysis of the structural and symbolic significance of the animals and the numbers associated with them. This is a welcome addition to the literature on the game's cultural meaning and its place in the context of Brazilian society." --Conrad P. Kottak, University of Michigan "This book is fascinating and marked by a ...
