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Salvador is a 1983 nonfiction book by Joan Didion on American involvement in the Salvadoran Civil War. Most of the book is based on three extended essays Didion published in The New York Review of Books in November and December 1982.
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- 1983
1 de jan. de 2001 · The place is El Salvador in 1982, at the ghastly height of its civil war. The writer is Joan Didion, who delivers an anatomy of that country's particular brand of terror–its mechanisms, rationales, and intimate relation to United States foreign policy.
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- Jorge and His Fantastic Bahia
- A Casa Do Rio Vermelho
- Historic Churches of Salvador
- Bahia Popular Festivals
- Multicultural Carnival
- Afro-Descendant Cultural Heritage
- Barroquinha Candomblé
- African Diaspora
- Bahian Food
- Jewelry in Bahia
There is no mention of Salvador and Bahia without mentioning Jorge Amado, right? He, who was born in Itabuna, inland Bahia, and lived and died in Salvador, wrote like few others about Bahian customs. Jorge Amado popularized the city’s culture around the world in novels such as “Jubiabá”, “Dona Flor and her Two Husbands” and “Tent of Miracles”. Our ...
A good example of book and real life combination is to read “A Casa do Rio Vermelho”, by Zélia Gattai, and then, as soon as possible, visit the house where Jorge Amado and Zélia lived. The memorial is a charm: welcoming architecture and a sensory garden, in a house that remains a cultural epicenter. In the book, Zélia narrates the saga of her life ...
Here in Salvador there are so many churches that it is said that we have one for each day of the year. There are now more than 370 churches, placing Salvador on the tourist route for devotees of the Catholic faith. Look how cool this itinerary is: A great suggestion to get to know the churches from home is the book “Te encontro em todos os lugares:...
The Popular Festivals, the classic Largo Festivals, are part of Bahia DNA. The syncretic mixture between the Catholic religion and Candomblé, and the balance between the sacred and the profane, are symbols of Bahianity. In Salvador, the celebrations begin in December, on the 4th, with the Feast of Santa Bárbaraand then come one after the other, bei...
Salvador’s Carnival is a mosaic of Afro-Brazilian cultures and rhythms. Here we indicate two books for a broad understanding of the subject, from the carnival of the 19th century, through the first African blocks, the technological revolution of trios elétricos and the emergence of axé music. The first one,“Carnaval Ijexá”,by sociologist Antônio Ri...
The trajectory of the group that emerged in the city of Cachoeira, in the Bahian recôncavo, was recalled in a project with multiple languages, revering a vocal trio that would mark the history of Afro-Brazilian music. Exactly 17 years after its end, “Os Tincoãs” had their work revisited in December 2017, under the narrative of Mateus Aleluia, one o...
The story of the first great Brazilian candomblé is the theme of the book “O Candomblé da Barroquinha”, by anthropologist, visual artist and graphic designer Renato da Silveira. The work tells the process of constituting the first Ketu Bahian terreiro. The book brings together diverse research, developed over 30 years by the author, who devoted muc...
Salvador is the blackest city outside Africa, currently called the “black mecca”. An interesting work to introduce the subject and understand in depth the magnitude of this title is “Fluxo e refluxo: A Diáspora Africana”(Flow and reflux: The African Diaspora), by Pierre Fatumbi Verger (Corrupio Book Publisher), which subject is the Slave Trade betw...
Bahian gastronomy is full of unmistakable traits, African and indigenous heritage. Those who are not from Bahia, or have never visited, certainly know the names of several typical dishes here. This is because they have already appeared in films and soap operas, remaining in the imagination of people around the world. In the book“A Comida Baiana de ...
In the book “Joias na Bahia dos séculos XVIII e XIX”(Jewels in Bahia from the 18th and 19th centuries), by Itamar Musse Junior, you will get amazed by the beauty of the black women jewelry. Written by the researcher and professor of jewelry history Ana Passos and photos by José Terra, the work portrays the jewelry appreciated in the salons, churche...
19 de jul. de 2023 · The book is a kind of manifesto for a woman’s liberation. Dona Flor possesses great culinary talent and, oppressed by a patriarchal society, finds herself divided between two men,...
The place is El Salvador in 1982, at the ghastly height of its civil war. Didion “brings the country to life” (The New York Times), delivering an anatomy of a particular brand of political terror—its mechanisms, rationales, and intimate relation to United States foreign policy.
- Paperback
Salvador is a 1983 nonfiction book by Joan Didion on American involvement in the Salvadoran Civil War. Most of the book is based on three extended essays Didion published in The New York Review of Books in November and December 1982.
Pensando nisso, separamos 10 livros históricos que se aprofundam sobre a história de Salvador para você ler de graça nessa quarentena.
