LEADER 03331nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910462540303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-59332-657-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000271316 035 $a(EBL)1057806 035 $a(OCoLC)818818928 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000757626 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12276785 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757626 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10776175 035 $a(PQKB)10093731 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1057806 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1057806 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10622762 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000271316 100 $a20100823d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBrazilian immigration and the quest for identity$b[electronic resource] /$fCatarina Fritz 210 $aEl Paso, Tex. $cLFB Scholarly Pub.$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (173 p.) 225 1 $aThe new Americans : recent immigration and American society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59332-385-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 330 $aThis book is a detailed study of the lives of a group of young Brazilians living in the greater Boston area, the majority of whom entered the country illegally. It explores the extent to which their origins in a more racially fluid environment affects their adaptation to a society with a much more rigid form of racial categorization. In what ways does their adaptation to the racial hierarchy influence their lives in the United States and how their varying ancestry and legal status impact this process? The book provides further insight into the debate about "post-racialism" and the changing dyn 410 0$aNew Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 606 $aBrazilian Americans$xEthnic identity 606 $aBrazilian Americans$xEconomic conditions 606 $aBrazilian Americans$xEducation 606 $aBrazilian Americans$zMassachusetts$xEthnic identity 606 $aBrazilian Americans$zMassachusetts$xEconomic conditions 606 $aBrazilian Americans$xEducation$zMassachusetts 606 $aSocial mobility$zUnited States 606 $aSocial mobility$zMassachusetts 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBrazilian Americans$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aBrazilian Americans$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aBrazilian Americans$xEducation. 615 0$aBrazilian Americans$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aBrazilian Americans$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aBrazilian Americans$xEducation 615 0$aSocial mobility 615 0$aSocial mobility 676 $a305.8698/073 700 $aFritz$b Catarina$0942737 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462540303321 996 $aBrazilian immigration and the quest for identity$92127358 997 $aUNINA