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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.

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David J. Hess is an anthropologist and associate professor in the science and technology studies department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Roberto DaMatta is a Brazilian anthropologist and the Reverend Edmund P. Joyce professor of anthropology at the Kellogg Institute of the University of Notre Dame.

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Contains richly documented research articles that cover themes of interest to a wide range of academic audiences. An intellectual framework is provided for reading the collected scholarly articles based on DaMatta's challenging ideas -this is the basis for the collection's Tocquevillan journey through Brazil and then back to the United States.

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