| Description |
xvii, 382 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University |
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David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue : the diasporic experience -- Introduction : interdisciplinary perspectives on becoming Brazuca -- The art of seduction : images of Brazil and the United states in the twentieth century -- Before we called this place home : precursors of the Brazilian community in the United States -- In the shadow of Carmen Miranda and the Carnival : Brazilian immigrant women in Los Angles -- The formative years of the Brazilian communities of New York and San Francisco through the print media : The Brazilians/The Brasilians and Brazil today -- (In)visibility : community and belonging -- Updating demographic, geographic, and occupational data on Brazilians in Massachusetts -- The commitment of return : remittances of Brazilian émigrés -- Brazilian immigrant women : race, ethnicity, gender, and transnationalism -- Emigrants from Governador Valadares : projects of return and investment -- The concept of time and conflicting expectations of Brazilian women in clinical settings -- A uniāo ten forca? Three labor unions' outreach to Brazilian immigrant workers in Boston -- The religious field among Brazilians in the United States -- A new generation of people and research -- Between "cultural excess" and racial "invisibility" : Brazilians and the commercialization of culture in Newark -- Between dream and reality : adolescent and second-generation Brazilian immigrants in Massachusetts -- Two languages at play : language boundaries in the speech of second-generation Brazilian immigrants -- Brazilian immigration to the United States : research and issues for the new millennium. |
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Brazil -- Emigration and immigration.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration.
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Immigrants -- United States.
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Brazilians -- United States.
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Brazilian Americans -- Cultural assimilation.
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| Added Author |
Jouët-Pastré, Clémence.
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Braga, Leticia J.
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David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
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| ISBN |
9780674028029 |
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0674028023 |
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