CULTURA BRASILEIRA, UMA ABORDAGEM ANTROPOLÓGICA

Abstract

Many authors have used the concept of Brazilian culture with a meaning closer to the German kultur which can be confused with erudition. What it is aimed to show is that the anthropological concept of Brazilian culture has a wider meaning, not limited to "great achievements of the human spirit". Such authors as Gilberto Freyre and Mario de Andrade have been pointed out as forerunners in using an anthropological approach. Finally, a survey of modem works in Brazilian anthropology is carried out, capable of identifying even the most hidden aspects of Brazilian culture which are invisible to those who insist on confusing culture with erudition