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Welcoming the undesirables : Brazil and the Jewish question / / Jeffrey Lesser



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Autore: Lesser Jeffrey Visualizza persona
Titolo: Welcoming the undesirables : Brazil and the Jewish question / / Jeffrey Lesser Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [1995]
©1995
Edizione: Reprint 2019
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 280 pages, [4] pages of plates ) : illustrations
Disciplina: 981/.004924
Soggetto topico: Jews - Brazil - History - 20th century
Immigrants - Brazil - History - 20th century
Antisemitism - Brazil
Nationalism - Brazil
Soggetto geografico: Brazil Ethnic relations
Brazil Emigration and immigration History 20th century
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- A Note on Spelling -- Abbreviations Used in the Text and Notes -- Preface -- Introduction: Brazil and the Jews -- 1. The "Other" Arrives -- 2. Nationalism, Nativism, and Restriction -- 3. Brazil Responds to the "Jewish Question" -- 4. Anti-Semitism and Philo-Semitism? -- 5. The Pope, the Dictator, and the Refugees Who Never Came -- 6. Epilogue: Brazilian Jews, Jewish Brazilians -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Jeffrey Lesser's invaluable book tells the poignant and puzzling story of how earlier this century, in spite of the power of anti-Semitic politicians and intellectuals, Jews made their exodus to Brazil, "the land of the future." What motivated the Brazilian government, he asks, to create a secret ban on Jewish entry in 1937 just as Jews desperately sought refuge from Nazism? And why, just one year later, did more Jews enter Brazil legally than ever before? The answers lie in the Brazilian elite's radically contradictory images of Jews and the profound effect of these images on Brazilian national identity and immigration policy. Lesser's work reveals the convoluted workings of Brazil's wartime immigration policy as well as the attempts of desperate refugees to twist the prejudices on which it was based to their advantage. His subtle analysis and telling anecdotes shed light on such pressing issues as race, ethnicity, nativism, and nationalism in postcolonial societies at a time when "ethnic cleansing" in Europe is once again driving increasing numbers of refugees from their homelands.
Altri titoli varianti: Brazil and the Jewish question
Titolo autorizzato: Welcoming the Undesirables  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-91434-1
0-585-19254-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996248307403316
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Serie: ACLS Fellows' Publications.