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UNINA9910962184603321 |
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Autore |
Karam John Tofik |
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Titolo |
Another arabesque : Syrian-Lebanese ethnicity in neoliberal Brazil / / John Tofik Karam |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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9786611243067 |
9781281243065 |
128124306X |
9781592135417 |
1592135412 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Lebanese - Ethnic identity - Brazil |
Syrians - Ethnic identity - Brazil |
Ethnicity - Economic aspects - Brazil |
Ethnicity - Social aspects - Brazil |
Brazil Civilization Arab influences |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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 bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-208) and index. |
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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 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 |
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