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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785949103321

Autore

Fritz Catarina

Titolo

Brazilian immigration and the quest for identity [[electronic resource] /] / Catarina Fritz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, Tex., : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010

ISBN

1-59332-657-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Collana

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Disciplina

305.8698/073

Soggetti

Brazilian Americans - Ethnic identity

Brazilian Americans - Economic conditions

Brazilian Americans - Education

Brazilian Americans - Massachusetts - Ethnic identity

Brazilian Americans - Massachusetts - Economic conditions

Brazilian Americans - Education - Massachusetts

Social mobility - United States

Social mobility - Massachusetts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Mica, Malaria and Massachusetts; CHAPTER 2: Race Here and There; CHAPTER 3: The Dynamics of Identity; CHAPTER 4: The Dialectic of Education and Employment; CHAPTER 5: Ethnic Markers; CHAPTER 6: Dancing Around the One Drop Rule; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a detailed study of the lives of a group of young Brazilians living in the greater Boston area, the majority of whom entered the country illegally. It explores the extent to which their origins in a more racially fluid environment affects their adaptation to a society with a much more rigid form of racial categorization. In what ways does their adaptation to the racial hierarchy influence their lives in the United States and how their varying ancestry and legal status impact this process? The book provides further insight into the debate about "post-racialism" and the changing dyn