Azorean Identity in Brazil and the United States: Arguments About History, Culture, and Transnational Connections - Couverture souple

Leal, João

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1933227311 ISBN 13 : 9781933227313

Editeur : University of Massachusetts Press, 2011

Synopsis

This comparative investigation of Azorean identity formation in southern Brazil and southeastern New England explores how immigrants and their descendants actively create local, national, and transnational connections and discourses of belonging. These two outposts of the Azorean diaspora have very different settlement histories: the Azorean settlement of Santa Catarina dates back to the mid-18th century and has not been augmented by any new immigration for over 250 years; Azorean emigration to southeastern New England is largely a 19th and 20th century phenomenon that has led to the formation of large ethnic communities. The surprise at the heart of this book is that despite these very different immigration histories, collective interest in Azorean culture and public manifestations of Azoreanness are quite prominent in both places. The contrasts between these two very differently situated identity narratives offer insight into the variable and sometimes rather counter-intuitive processes of ethnic formation. These findings are pertinent to debates about the nature of ethnic identity and transnational communities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

JOÃO LEAL, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the New University of Lisbon, has written extensively on Portuguese culture and history.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Massachusetts Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1933227311
• ISBN 13: 9781933227313
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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