Literature on the periphery of capitalism: Brazilian theory, Canadian culture

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2003n45p135 Any attempt to theorize the surprising similarities between Brazilian and Canadian cultural and literary history has to begin by openly acknowledging the vast and irrecoverable differences between them—differences of history, culture, economics, geog...

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Main Author: Imre Szeman
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2003-04-01
Series:Ilha do Desterro
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/7427
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