For students, travelers and businesspeople hoping to brush up on their Portuguese (Lusophone) skills, this 3-panel (6-page) guide is a powerful reference tool. The most common Portuguese words and phrasescomplete with their English translations, of course!can be found within this essential study aid
Elizabeth Lowe charts her journey to becoming a translator through a series of vignettes relating her life as a " third-culture kid" and living and working abroad in a kaleidoscope of cultures and languages. She lived in Germany as a young child immediately after the Second World War while her father worked in the Nuremburg trials and as a newly ......
Everyday Consumption in Twenty-First-Century Brazilian Fiction is the first in-depth study to map out the representation of consumption in contemporary Brazilian prose, highlighting how our interactions with commodities connect seemingly disconnected areas of everyday life, such as eating habits, the growth of prosperity theology, and ideas of ......
Everyday Consumption in Twenty-First-Century Brazilian Fiction is the first in-depth study to map out the representation of consumption in contemporary Brazilian prose, highlighting how our interactions with commodities connect seemingly disconnected areas of everyday life, such as eating habits, the growth of prosperity theology, and ideas of ......
A Cultural History of Brazil's Most Popular Poem, 1846-2018
Song of Exile: A Cultural History of Brazil's Most Popular Poem, 1846-2018 is the first comprehensive study of the influence of Antonio Goncalves Dias's "Cancao do exilio." Written in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1843 by a homesick student longing for Brazil, "Song of Exile" has inspired thousands of parodies and pastiches, and new variations continue ......
A Cultural History of Brazil's Most Popular Poem, 1846-2018
Song of Exile: A Cultural History of Brazil's Most Popular Poem, 1846-2018 is the first comprehensive study of the influence of Antonio Goncalves Dias's "Cancao do exilio." Written in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1843 by a homesick student longing for Brazil, "Song of Exile" has inspired thousands of parodies and pastiches, and new variations continue ......
Reimagining Early Modern Iberian Literature, 1580-1640
Among the many consequences of Spain's annexation of Portugal from 1580 to 1640 was an increase in the number of Portuguese authors writing in Spanish. One can trace this practice as far back as the medieval period, although it was through Gil Vicente, Jorge de Montemayor, and others that Spanish-language texts entered the mainstream of literary ......
Why just talk to Brazilians when you can connect with them? Supplemented by anecdotes, case studies, and photos, this book helps you learn key cultural differences between Brazil and North America that can enable you to overcome communication barriers to forging successful business relationships.
Have you lost or damaged the DVD that came with "Working Portuguese for Beginners"? This replacement DVD offers the same material that appears on the DVD that came with the student edition textbook of "Working Portuguese for Beginners".