Becoming Brazilians Poetry | American | African American & Black ; Poetry | Women Authors ; Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Family ; Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Death As if the excruciating blows

As if the excruciating blows to the head

including the traditional epic

Considered the "toughest and deadliest gunman of his day"

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Becoming Brazilians Poetry | American | African American & Black ; Poetry | Women Authors ; Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Family ; Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Death As if the excruciating blowsThis book traces the rise and decline of Gilberto Freyre's vision of racial and cultural mixture (mestiagem or race mixing) as the defining feature of Brazilian culture in the twentieth century. Eakin traces how mestiagem moved from a conversation among a small group of intellectuals to become the dominant feature of Brazilian national identity, demonstrating how diverse Brazilians embraced mestiagem, via popular music, film and television,