Negotiating National Identity: Immigrants, Minorities, and the Struggle for Ethn

Description: Negotiating National Identity by Jeffrey Lesser Explores the role ethnic minorities from China, Japan, North Africa, and the Middle East have played in constructing a national identity, thereby challenging dominant notions of Brazilian nationality and citizenship. By examining how acculturating minority groups have represented themselves, this title re-envisions what it means to be Brazilian. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 elites efforts to craft the nations 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 Brazils 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. Notes By examining how acculturating minority groups have represented themselves, the author re-envisions what it means to be Brazilian. Back Cover "Clearly written and well organized, this book makes a major contribution to the field of Brazilian studies. An outstanding work."-Leo Spitzer,Hotel Bolivia: The Culture of Memory in a Refuge from Nazism Author Biography Jeffrey Lesser is Professor of History and Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program at Emory University. His books include Welcoming the Undesirables: Brazil and the Jewish Question. Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations The Hidden Hyphen Chinese Labor and the Debate over Ethnic Integration Constructing Ethnic Space Searching for a Hyphen Negotiations and New Identities Turning Japanese A Suggestive Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index Review " ... A very interesting read, and refreshing and important as it discusses aspects of the nations history which have received so little scholarly attention to date, despite the millions of immigrants who have made Brazil one of the worlds most diverse multi-cultural societies."-- British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, April 2000 "Clearly written and well organized, this book makes a major contribution to the field of Brazilian studies. An outstanding work." Leo Spitzer, Dartmouth College.) "A rich, welcome addition to social history in the broadest sense... [This study] convincingly demonstrates the ironic fact that immigration policies seeking to whiten Brazil instead led to the creation of an immensely multi-cultural society. A major contribution." (Robert M. Levine, University of Miami at Coral Gables) " ... Lessers study is an important and welcome contribution to unravelling the more or less hidden recesses of ethnicity in Brazil."--European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 73, October 2002 Promotional By examining how acculturating minority groups have represented themselves, the author re-envisions what it means to be Brazilian. Review Quote "Clearly written and well organized, this book makes a major contribution to the field of Brazilian studies. An outstanding work."-Leo Spitzer, Hotel Bolivia: The Culture of Memory in a Refuge from Nazism Promotional "Headline" By examining how acculturating minority groups have represented themselves, the author re-envisions what it means to be Brazilian. Details ISBN0822322927 Author Jeffrey Lesser Short Title NEGOTIATING NATL IDENTITY Publisher Duke University Press Language English ISBN-10 0822322927 ISBN-13 9780822322924 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1999 Imprint Duke University Press Place of Publication North Carolina Country of Publication United States Residence CT, US Subtitle Immigrants, Minorities, and the Struggle for Ethnicity in Brazil DOI 10.1604/9780822322924 UK Release Date 1999-06-03 AU Release Date 1999-06-03 NZ Release Date 1999-06-03 US Release Date 1999-06-03 Pages 304 Publication Date 1999-06-03 DEWEY 305.800981 Illustrations 11 b&w photographs, 4 tables Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131532342;

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