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By examining how acculturating minority groups have represented themselves, the author re-envisions what it means to be Brazilian.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
The Hidden Hyphen
Chinese Labor and the Debate over Ethnic Integration
Constructing Ethnic Space
Searching for a Hyphen
Negotiations and New Identities
Turning Japanese
A Suggestive Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Jeffrey Lesser is Professor of History and Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program at Emory University. His books include Welcoming the Undesirables: Brazil and the Jewish Question.

Reviews

" ... a very interesting read, and refreshing and important as it discusses aspects of the nation's history which have received so little scholarly attention to date, despite the millions of immigrants who have made Brazil one of the world's most diverse multi-cultural societies."-- British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, April 2000 "Clearly written and well organized, this book makes a major contribution to the field of Brazilian studies. An outstanding work." Leo Spitzer, Dartmouth College.) "A rich, welcome addition to social history in the broadest sense... [This study] convincingly demonstrates the ironic fact that immigration policies seeking to 'whiten' Brazil instead led to the creation of an immensely multi-cultural society. A major contribution." (Robert M. Levine, University of Miami at Coral Gables)