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Availability:In StockContributor:Alma GuillermoprietoSeries:Vintage DeparturesPublish date:1991-07-30Pages:256
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679732563ISBN-10:067973256XUPC:9780679732563Book Category:History, Travel, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Latin America, South America, Customs & TraditionsBook Topic:South AmericaSize:8.02 x 5.22 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.43Product ID:SCEPB1WSAW
To the 70 million poor of Brazil, dreaming and planning for Carnival is an upside down ritual for exorcising their pain--a brilliant cultural and sexual release in which sequins are brighter than diamonds; prostitutes and pimps are queens and kings, and dancing skill is more prized than power.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679732563ISBN-10:067973256XUPC:9780679732563Book Category:History, Travel, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Latin America, South America, Customs & TraditionsBook Topic:South AmericaSize:8.02 x 5.22 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.43Product ID:SCEPB1WSAW
Alma Guillermoprieto writes frequently for the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books. She is the author of Looking for History, The Heart That Bleeds, and Samba, and she was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1995. Raised in Mexico and the United States, she now makes her home in Mexico City.
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