Name: Azorean Identity in Brazil and the United States: Arguments about History, Culture, and Transnational Connections Volume 1
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Author: Leal, João ; Graca, Wendy
ISBN: 9781933227313

portada Azorean Identity in Brazil and the United States: Arguments about History, Culture, and Transnational Connections Volume 1

Azorean Identity in Brazil and the United States: Arguments about History, Culture, and Transnational Connections Volume 1

Type

Physical Book

Author

João Leal

Translated by

Wendy Graca

Publisher

Tagus Press

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.7x15.6x1.5 cm

Weight

0.31 kg.

ISBN13

9781933227313

Synopsis "Azorean Identity in Brazil and the United States: Arguments about History, Culture, and Transnational Connections Volume 1"

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.

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