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The Carnivalesque Defunto: Death and the Dead in Modern Brazilian Literature (Ohio RIS Latin America Series) (edit title)

Robert H. Moser (?) (edit contributors)

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T he Carnivalesque Defunto explores the representations of death and the dead in Brazil’s collective and literary imagination. The recurring stereotype of Brazil as the land of samba, soccer, and sandy beaches overlooks a more complex cultural heritage in which, since colonial times, a... read more

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