04062nam 22009253u 450 991078183600332120230207225046.01-281-24306-X97866112430671-59213-541-2(CKB)1000000000485686(EBL)334643(OCoLC)476144318(SSID)ssj0000103945(PQKBManifestationID)11133234(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103945(PQKBWorkID)10071493(PQKB)11740322(MiAaPQ)EBC334643(EXLCZ)99100000000048568620131216d2008|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrAnother Arabesque[electronic resource] Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal BrazilPhiladelphia Temple University Press20081 online resource (230 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59213-539-0 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; IndexOffering 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 demonstBrazil - Civilization - Arabic influencesEconomic aspectsEthnic identityEthnicityEthnicity - Economic aspects - BrazilEthnicity - Social aspects - BrazilLebanese - Ethnic identity - BrazilLebaneseSocial aspectsSyriansSyrians - Ethnic identity - BrazilLebaneseEthnic identityBrazilSyriansEthnic identityBrazilEthnicityEconomic aspectsBrazilEthnicitySocial aspectsBrazilRegions & Countries - AmericasHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCLatin AmericaHILCCBrazilCivilizationArab influencesBrazil - 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.LebaneseEthnic identitySyriansEthnic identityEthnicityEconomic aspectsEthnicitySocial aspectsRegions & Countries - AmericasHistory & ArchaeologyLatin America305.800981305.892/75692081Karam John Tofik1109953AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910781836003321Another Arabesque3683490UNINA