Title Brazilian immigrants in the United States : cultural imperialism and social class / Bernadete Beserra ; preface by Michael Kearney

Published New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) Series The new Americans New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) Contents Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Ways to Los Angeles: Hollywood, God, and Other Dreams -- 2. Brazilians in Los Angeles -- 3. The Brazilian Adventists in Chino -- 4. The Brazilian Women's Group: A Place to Feel at Home -- 5. Carving out a Place in Los Angeles -- 6. The Dilemma of Americanization and the Reinforcement of a Mythical Brazilianness -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Analysis Humaniora Historie Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-237) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Brazilian Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions Brazilian Americans -- Cultural assimilation -- California -- Los Angeles Immigrants -- California -- Los Angeles -- Social conditions Americanization. Imperialism -- Social aspects -- United States HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. Americanization Brazilian Americans -- Social conditions Emigration and immigration Ethnic relations Immigrants -- Social conditions Imperialism -- Social aspects International relations SUBJECT Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations Brazil -- Emigration and immigration United States -- Emigration and immigration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040 Brazil -- Relations -- United States United States -- Relations -- Brazil Subject Brazil California -- Los Angeles United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2003009020 ISBN 1593320485 9781593320485

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