Negotiating National Identity: Immigrants, Minorities, and the Struggle for Ethnicity in BrazilDuke University Press, 1999 - 281 sidor Despite great ethnic and racial diversity, ethnicity in Brazil is often portrayed as a matter of black or white, a distinction reinforced by the ruling elite's efforts to craft the nation's identity in its own image--white, Christian, and European. In Negotiating National Identity Jeffrey Lesser explores the crucial role ethnic minorities from China, Japan, North Africa, and the Middle East have played in constructing Brazil's national identity, thereby challenging dominant notions of nationality and citizenship. Employing a cross-cultural approach, Lesser examines a variety of acculturating responses by minority groups, from insisting on their own whiteness to becoming ultra-nationalists and even entering secret societies that insisted Japan had won World War II. He discusses how various minority groups engaged in similar, and successful, strategies of integration even as they faced immense discrimination and prejudice. Some believed that their ethnic heritage was too high a price to pay for the "privilege" of being white and created alternative categories for themselves, such as Syrian-Lebanese, Japanese-Brazilian, and so on. By giving voice to the role ethnic minorities have played in weaving a broader definition of national identity, this book challenges the notion that elite discourse is hegemonic and provides the first comprehensive look at Brazilian worlds often ignored by scholars. Based on extensive research, Negotiating National Identity will be valuable to scholars and students in Brazilian and Latin American studies, as well as those in the fields of immigrant history, ethnic studies, and race relations. |
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... Botelho de Miranda sought to dig deeply into the local culture by turning Japanese . Botelho studied Japanese ( as well as French , English , and Spanish ) and helped found the Grêmio Cultural Brasileiro - Nipônico . While his language ...
... Botelho de Miranda sought to dig deeply into the local culture by turning Japanese . Botelho studied Japanese ( as well as French , English , and Spanish ) and helped found the Grêmio Cultural Brasileiro - Nipônico . While his language ...
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... Botelho remained in hopes of finding the Japan that " always hides itself from the eyes of tourists and official visitors . " For three years he was employed by the Brazilian government , becoming flu- ent in Japanese and winning the ...
... Botelho remained in hopes of finding the Japan that " always hides itself from the eyes of tourists and official visitors . " For three years he was employed by the Brazilian government , becoming flu- ent in Japanese and winning the ...
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... Botelho , A immigraçao japoneza : O parecer do ilustre deputado Oliveira Botelho , apresentado em 8 de julho de 1925 , a Comissão de finanças da Câmara dos deputados ( Rio de Janeiro : n.p. , 1925 ) , pp . 13 , 26 ; A notícia , 9 Sep ...
... Botelho , A immigraçao japoneza : O parecer do ilustre deputado Oliveira Botelho , apresentado em 8 de julho de 1925 , a Comissão de finanças da Câmara dos deputados ( Rio de Janeiro : n.p. , 1925 ) , pp . 13 , 26 ; A notícia , 9 Sep ...
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Chinese Labor and the Debate over | 13 |
Constructing Ethnic Space | 41 |
Searching for a Hyphen | 81 |
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