Samba

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 07/30/1991
ISBN: 9780679732563
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.22w x 0.57d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/12/1991