Book, Critical Dictionary Câmara Cascudo[LS]

The entire work of the most important thinker of Brazilian popular culture is commented here by renowned scholars, forming an extensive panel - critical and documentary - of Câmara Cascudo's ideas and themes. Luís da Câmara Cascudo, if he was a personality in his native northeast, is today an object of admiration throughout Brazil. This Câmara Cascudo Critical Dictionary organized by Marcos Silva is a set of entries that cover the Cascudian universe (literature, popular culture, popular history, religion, geography, etc.), written by specialists who are building this multifaceted face of Brazilian culture. ancient and more recent traditions. A special and indispensable dictionary for lovers of the most precious sources of Brazilian knowledge. Marcos Silva is a historian and teaches at FFLCH/USP. Develops research in the area of ​​image rhetoric - caricatures, painting, photography, etc. - in the universe of social experiences; He has published four books, including Prazer e Poder do Amigo da Onça (1989) and has organized five collections on different topics in history, highlighting Nelson Werneck Sodré in Historiografia Brasileira (2002).