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.
Author: Alma Guillermoprieto
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 07/30/1991
Series: Vintage Departures #0000
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.22w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9780679732563
Language: English
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