LEADER 03104nam 22006494a 450 001 9910962184603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611243067 010 $a9781281243065 010 $a128124306X 010 $a9781592135417 010 $a1592135412 035 $a(CKB)1000000000485686 035 $a(EBL)334643 035 $a(OCoLC)476144318 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000103945 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11133234 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103945 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10071493 035 $a(PQKB)11740322 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC334643 035 $a(Perlego)2039824 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000485686 100 $a20060511d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAnother arabesque $eSyrian-Lebanese ethnicity in neoliberal Brazil /$fJohn Tofik Karam 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781592135394 311 08$a1592135390 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-208) and index. 327 $aC 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 330 $aOffering 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 606 $aLebanese$xEthnic identity$zBrazil 606 $aSyrians$xEthnic identity$zBrazil 606 $aEthnicity$xEconomic aspects$zBrazil 606 $aEthnicity$xSocial aspects$zBrazil 607 $aBrazil$xCivilization$xArab influences 615 0$aLebanese$xEthnic identity 615 0$aSyrians$xEthnic identity 615 0$aEthnicity$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aEthnicity$xSocial aspects 676 $a305.892/75692081 700 $aKaram$b John Tofik$01109953 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962184603321 996 $aAnother arabesque$94356501 997 $aUNINA