LEADER 04008nam 22006974 450 001 9910811713003321 005 20140508045435.0 010 $a0-8223-9929-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780822399292 035 $a(CKB)3710000000133391 035 $a(OCoLC)891395127 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10887942 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001264781 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12584422 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001264781 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11235036 035 $a(PQKB)10002917 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3007882 035 $a879380149 035 $a(OCoLC)1153845847 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse80381 035 $a(DE-B1597)552495 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780822399292 035 $a(OCoLC)1229161960 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000133391 100 $a20140508d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNegotiating national identity $eimmigrants, minorities, and the struggle for ethnicity in Brazil /$fJeffrey Lesser 210 1$aDurham, N.C. :$cDuke University Press,$d1999. 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8223-2292-7 311 $a0-8223-2260-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [243]-276) and index. 327 $tThe Hidden Hyphen --$tChinese Labor and the Debate over Ethnic Integration --$tConstructing Ethnic Space --$tSearching for a Hyphen --$tNegotiations and New Identities --$tTurning Japanese --$tA Suggestive Epilogue. 330 $aDespite great ethnic and racial diversity, ethnicity in Brazil is often portrayed as a matter of black or white, a distinction reinforced by the ruling elite?s efforts to craft the nation?s identity in its own image?white, Christian, and European. In Negotiating National Identity Jeffrey Lesser explores the crucial role ethnic minorities from China, Japan, North Africa, and the Middle East have played in constructing Brazil?s national identity, thereby challenging dominant notions of nationality and citizenship.Employing a cross-cultural approach, Lesser examines a variety of acculturating responses by minority groups, from insisting on their own whiteness to becoming ultra-nationalists and even entering secret societies that insisted Japan had won World War II. He discusses how various minority groups engaged in similar, and successful, strategies of integration even as they faced immense discrimination and prejudice. Some believed that their ethnic heritage was too high a price to pay for the ?privilege? of being white and created alternative categories for themselves, such as Syrian-Lebanese, Japanese-Brazilian, and so on. By giving voice to the role ethnic minorities have played in weaving a broader definition of national identity, this book challenges the notion that elite discourse is hegemonic and provides the first comprehensive look at Brazilian worlds often ignored by scholars.Based on extensive research, Negotiating National Identity will be valuable to scholars and students in Brazilian and Latin American studies, as well as those in the fields of immigrant history, ethnic studies, and race relations. 606 $aEthnicity$zBrazil 606 $aImmigrants$zBrazil 606 $aMinorities$zBrazil 606 $aNational characteristics, Brazilian 606 $aAsians$zBrazil$xEthnic identity 606 $aElite (Social sciences)$zBrazil$xAttitudes 607 $aBrazil$xEthnic relations 615 0$aEthnicity 615 0$aImmigrants 615 0$aMinorities 615 0$aNational characteristics, Brazilian. 615 0$aAsians$xEthnic identity. 615 0$aElite (Social sciences)$xAttitudes. 676 $a305.8/00981 700 $aLesser$b Jeff$0700863 801 0$bNDD 801 1$bNDD 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811713003321 996 $aNegotiating national identity$93981333 997 $aUNINA