Money does not bring happiness. For Roberto Da Matta, in Carnivals, Rogues, and Heroes (1979), this saying embodies the ambivalence surrounding money in Brazil, a legacy of a Lusophone cultural tradition that privileges personal relationships over impersonal commodified exchange. This volume of Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies questions this tradition from the perspective of different disciplines. Does money stand in contrast to personal relations? And, if so, is this really particular to Lusophone or, more widely, Latin cultures-as opposed to, say, Anglo-American cultures or Protestantism generally? This book will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, history, literary criticism and Luso-Brazilian studies.
| ISBN: | 9781933227146 |
| Publication date: | 30th March 2013 |
| Author: | Roger SansiRoca |
| Publisher: | Tagus Press an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 550 pages |
| Series: | Portuguese Cultural and Literary Series |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Literary studies: general Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Social and ethical issues |
Money does not bring happiness. For Roberto Da Matta, in Carnivals, Rogues, and Heroes (1979), this saying embodies the ambivalence surrounding money in Brazil, a legacy of a Lusophone cultural tradition that privileges personal relationships over impersonal commodified exchange. This volume of Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies questions this tradition from the perspective of different disciplines. Does money stand in contrast to personal relations? And, if so, is this really particular to Lusophone or, more widely, Latin cultures-as opposed to, say, Anglo-American cultures or Protestantism generally? This book will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, history, literary criticism and Luso-Brazilian studies.
Economies of Relation features in the following genres: Social and cultural anthropology, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Social and ethical issues
Economies of Relation is available in Paperback
Economies of Relation was written by Roger SansiRoca and published by Tagus Press an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press
Economies of Relation has 550 pages
Yes it is part of Portuguese Cultural and Literary Series series