Language:
English
Year of publication:
1997
Titel der Quelle:
Immigrants & Minorities
Angaben zur Quelle:
16,1-2 (1997) 38-56
Keywords:
Jews History 20th century
;
Antisemitism History 20th century
;
Arabs History
;
Brazil Emigration and immigration 20th century
;
History
Abstract:
Explores the Brazilian elite notion that Jews and Arabs are members of a single ‘race’. This linkage was one component of an attempt to create a Western European‐like Brazilian national identity, yet the contradiction between the economic benefits derived from immigrants and the Brazilian elite's concerns about color, religion, and national origin made Arabs and Jews a focus of comment among intellectuals. In spite of finding themselves the targets of prejudice, both groups entered Brazil in significant numbers in the 1920s-40s, helping to create exactly the multi‐ethnic society elites hoped to prevent.
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