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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962184603321

Autore

Karam John Tofik

Titolo

Another arabesque : Syrian-Lebanese ethnicity in neoliberal Brazil / / John Tofik Karam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2007

ISBN

9786611243067

9781281243065

128124306X

9781592135417

1592135412

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

305.892/75692081

Soggetti

Lebanese - Ethnic identity - Brazil

Syrians - Ethnic identity - Brazil

Ethnicity - Economic aspects - Brazil

Ethnicity - Social aspects - Brazil

Brazil Civilization Arab influences

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 (p. [195]-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 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

Sommario/riassunto

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