Title: Immigration and acculturation in Brazil and Argentina : 1890-1929 /
Authors: Bletz, May E.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Acculturation Brazil.; Acculturation Argentina.; Acculturation; Diplomatic relations.; Emigration and immigration; SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations.; Brazil Emigration and immigration.; Argentina Emigration and immigration.; Brazil Foreign relations.; Argentina Foreign relations.
Abstract: Immigration and Acculturation in Brazil and Argentina is an exploration of questions of nationality in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Ŝo Paulo, at the time when these cities were flooded with impoverished European immigrants. In this study, which examines fictional, journalistic and (pseudo)scientific texts of the period, 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.
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.