Brazil - Culture Smart
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
$24.79
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2024
Summary
For many people Brazil conjures up images of football, Carnaval, and fine coffee, but it’s much more than beaches and bossa nova. If we could choose only one word to describe Brazil, it would be diversity. The variety of lifestyles, ethnic groups, landscapes, and climate is simply enormous. Jeitinho is how Brazilians deal creatively with life’s everyday complications. Literally translated as a “little way,” in practice it means that regardless of the rules or systems in place, where …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787023390 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1787023397 |
| Author: | Sandra Branco |
| Publisher: | Kuperard |
| Imprint: | Kuperard |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 205g |
| Dimensions: | 170mm x 110mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Culture Smart! |
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”…the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries,” – Global Travel
”“Culture Smart! has come to the rescue of hapless travellers,” - Sunday Times Travel;“”…the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries,” - Global Travel;“…full of fascinating, as well as common sense, tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas,” - Observer;“…as useful as they are entertaining,” - Easy Jet Magazine;“…as useful as they are entertaining,” - Easy Jet Magazine”
About The Author
Sandra Branco
Rob Williams is a senior lecturer at the University of Westminster in London, running MA programs in Applied Language Studies and International Liaison and Communication. He has lived and worked in France, Spain, Germany, Romania, and Brazil. He was also a lead consultant for Culture Smart! Consulting.
Sandra Branco is a Brazilian-born writer now living in the UK. After graduating in Communications from Sao Paulo University, she worked as a video and television producer and scriptwriter in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Bahia, and Ceara, before going on to gain an MA in Screenwriting at the Northern School of Film and Television in Leeds. She now lives and works in London.
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