Brazilian immigration and the quest for identity / Catarina Fritz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fritz, Catarina.

Series:

New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

The new Americans : recent immigration and American society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brazilian Americans--Ethnic identity.

Brazilian Americans.

Brazilian Americans--Economic conditions.

Brazilian Americans--Education.

Brazilian Americans--Massachusetts--Ethnic identity.

Brazilian Americans--Massachusetts--Economic conditions.

Brazilian Americans--Education--Massachusetts.

Social mobility--United States.

Social mobility.

Social mobility--Massachusetts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso, Tex. : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 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

Contents:

CONTENTS; 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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-657-2

OCLC:

818818928