Immigration and Acculturation in Brazil and Argentina - 1890-1929

Informationen zum Autor May E. Bletz is Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Cultures at Brock University. Klappentext An exploration of questions of nationality in Brazil and Argentina, at the time when the cities were flooded with impoverished European immigrants. The author argues that processes of representation and identity formation between national and immigrant groups have to be examined within the historical context of the host nations. Zusammenfassung An exploration of questions of nationality in Brazil and Argentina! at the time when the cities were flooded with impoverished European immigrants. The author argues that processes of representation and identity formation between national and immigrant groups have to be examined within the historical context of the host nations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Whiteness of a Darker Color * In Sickness and in Health * Purifying the Urban Landscape: Processes of Immigration, Acculturation, and Resistance in Buenos Aires * Negotiating New Identities: Argentina of the Centennial * Brazil and its Discontents: Romero and Torres * Conclusion: Whiteness of a Darker Color

List of contents

Introduction: Whiteness of a Darker Color * In Sickness and in Health * Purifying the Urban Landscape: Processes of Immigration, Acculturation, and Resistance in Buenos Aires * Negotiating New Identities: Argentina of the Centennial * Brazil and its Discontents: Romero and Torres * Conclusion: Whiteness of a Darker Color

Product details

• Authors: M Bletz, M. Bletz, May E. Bletz
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.11.2010
• EAN: 9781349286324
• ISBN: 978-1-349-28632-4
• No. of pages: 158
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Geography, Political Science, world history, General & world history, Politics & government, Political science & theory, General and world history, History of the Americas, Geography, general, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, World History, Global and Transnational History, America—History, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Latin America—Politics and government, South & Central America (including Mexico), Latin America, Latin American Politics