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Autore |
Karam John Tofik |
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Titolo |
Another Arabesque [[electronic resource] ] : Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-24306-X |
9786611243067 |
1-59213-541-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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305.800981 |
305.892/75692081 |
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Soggetti |
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Brazil - Civilization - Arabic influences |
Economic aspects |
Ethnic identity |
Ethnicity |
Ethnicity - Economic aspects - Brazil |
Ethnicity - Social aspects - Brazil |
Lebanese - Ethnic identity - Brazil |
Lebanese |
Social aspects |
Syrians |
Syrians - Ethnic identity - Brazil |
Regions & Countries - Americas |
History & Archaeology |
Latin America |
Brazil Civilization Arab influences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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C O N T E N T S; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION The Politics of Privilege; PART ONE: Imagining Political Economy; ONE Pariahs to Partners in the Export Nation; TWO Eth(n)ics and Transparent State Reform; PART TWO: Remodeling the Nationalist Order; THREE Turcos in |
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the Market Model of Racial Democracy; FOUR Mixing Christians, Cloning Muslims; PART THREE: Marketing Ethnic Culture; FIVE Ethnic Reappropriation in the Country Club Circuit; SIX Air Turbulence in Homeland Tourism; CONCLUSION In Secure Futures: Arabness, Neoliberalism, and Brazil; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Offering a novel approach to the study of ethnicity in the neoliberal market, Another Arabesque is the first full-length book in English to focus on the estimated seven million Arabs in Brazil. With insights gained from interviews and fieldwork, John Tofik Karam examines how Brazilians of Syrian-Lebanese descent have gained greater visibility and prominence as the country has embraced its globalizing economy, particularly its relations with Arab Gulf nations. At the same time, he recounts how Syrian-Lebanese descendents have increasingly self-identified as ""Arabs."" Karam demonst |
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