Brazilian immigration and the quest for identity

Brazilian immigration and the quest for identity / Catarina Fritz.

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 r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fritz, Catarina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: El Paso, Tex. : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010.
Series:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:
Brazilian Americans > Ethnic identity.
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 > Massachusetts.
Brazilian Americans > Economic conditions
Social mobility
Brasilianischer Einwanderer
Kulturelle Identität
Massachusetts
United States
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • Mica, malaria and Massachusetts
  • Race here and there
  • The dynamics of identity
  • The dialectic of education and employment
  • Ethnic markers
  • Dancing around the one drop rule.

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