Another arabesque : Syrian-Lebanese ethnicity in neoliberal Brazil / John Tofik Karam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karam, John Tofik.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lebanese--Ethnic identity--Brazil.

Lebanese.

Syrians--Ethnic identity--Brazil.

Syrians.

Ethnicity--Economic aspects--Brazil.

Ethnicity.

Ethnicity--Social aspects--Brazil.

Brazil--Civilization--Arab influences.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offering 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

Contents:

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; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-208) and index.

ISBN:

9786611243067

9781281243065

128124306X

9781592135417

1592135412

OCLC:

476144318