Culture and Customs of Portugal

Carlos A. Cunha, PhD, is executive chair of faculty and chair of the Political Science Department at Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, and research associate in the Centro de Investigação de Estudos Sociológicos (CIES) at Lisbon University Institute (Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e das Empresas - ISCTE), Lisbon, Portugal. Rhonda Cunha holds an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI and has worked as a studio artist for the past 25 years.

• Series ForewordPrefaceChronology1 The Portuguese: Land, People, and History2 Religion and Thought3 Family, Marriage, Gender, and Education4 Leisure Activities and Holidays5 Cuisine6 Literature7 The Media and Cinema8 Performing Arts9 Architecture and ArtGlossaryBibliographyIndexPhoto Essay Follows Page

In this reference on Portugal, special attention is paid to the changes following the 1974 military coup of the 40-year dictatorship, during which 80 percent of the economy was controlled by eight elite families. The book opens with a discussion of regional diversity, social class and social structure, emigration and immigration, Salazar's 'new state,' the 1974-1976 revolution, and contemporary Portugal. Chapters are then devoted to religion and thought, family and marriage, education, leisure activities and holidays, cuisine, literature, the media and cinema, performing arts, architecture, and art. The book includes an artistic B&W photo essay highlighting the juxtaposition of past and present, and includes a chronology and a glossary.