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Carmen Nava is associate professor of history at California State University, San Marcos. Ludwig Lauerhass Jr. is lecturer emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Introduction: A Four-Part Canon for the Analysis of Brazilian National Identity
Part I: Texts
Chapter 1: Machado de Assis and the Question of Brazilian National Identity
Chapter 2: Euclides de Cunha's View of Brazil's Fractured Identity
Chapter 3: Gilberto Freyre's Concept of Culture in The Masters and the Slaves
Part II: Facts
Chapter 4: Brasiliana: Published Works and Collections
Chapter 5: Forging Future Citizens in Brazilian Public Schools, 1937–1945
Part III: Sights
Chapter 6: The Visual Imaging of Brazilian Identity
Chapter 7: Cinematic Images of the Brazilian Indian
Chapter 8: The Emperor and His Pedestal: Pedro I and Disputed Views of the Brazilian Nation, 1860–1900
Part IV: Sounds
Chapter 9: Two Musical Representations of Brazil: Carlos Gomes and Heitor Villa Lobos
Timeline of Brazilian History
An important contribution to understanding Brazilian national identity. Nava and Lauerhass have put together an impressive collection of experts to explore the wide-ranging features of text, sights, facts, and sounds, which together make Brazilians unique. Anyone interested in Brazil should read this book.
— Edward Telles, University of California, Santa Barbara