Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City

Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City is a 1993 academic book by

The initial part of the book describes the immigration process while the second is about acclimation to living in New York City.[1]

The author uses the sidebar to hold research-generated

Ann E. Biddlecom of Brown University stated it is "recommended reading" for the subject, although she wished some aspects about the lives of the subjects were better developed in the text.^[3] She stated that some concepts are repeated in multiple parts of the book.^[1]

Jeffrey Lesser of Connecticut College overall praises the book, while his critique of the repeating concepts is, according to him, a "small criticism".^[2]

William P. Norris of Oberlin College stated that the "broad" scope of the book was its "strength".^[4]

Editions

• Little Brazil: Imigrantes Brasileiros em Nova York, Portuguese edition of Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City. Campinas, São Paulo: Papirus Editora (1994)

See also

• Little Brazil, Manhattan
• An Invisible Minority: Brazilians in New York City

References

• Biddlecom, Ann E. (1995). "Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City".
  Gale Academic Onefile
• The Hispanic American historical review
  . 75 (2): 322–323.
• Norris, William P. (1995). "Maxine L. Margolis "Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City"".
  JSTOR 2077630
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Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Biddlecom, p. 274.
2. ^ ^{a b} Lesser, p. 323.
3. ^ Biddlecom, p. 275.
4. ^ Norris, p. 319.

Further reading

• Foner, Nancy (1995). "Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City".
  American Ethnologist
  . 22 (3): 669–670.
• Gilbertson, Greta A (1997). "Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City". Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 26 (2): 225–231.
• Lamphere, Louise (1996). "Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City". Journal of American Ethnic History. 15 (4): 74–75.
• Lerch, Patricia Barker (1994). "Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City. Maxine L. Margolis". American Anthropologist. 96 (4): 1006–1007. - Available at ProQuest
• Portes, Alejandro (1995). "Margolis, Maxine L. "Little Brazil, an ethnography of Brazilian immigrants in New York City"".
  International journal of urban and regional research
  . 19 (1): 173–174.
• Telles, Edward E. (1995). "Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City".
  Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  . 538: 226–227.
• Wilson, Tamar Diana (1997). "Little Brazil". Anthropology and Humanism. 22 (1): 130–131.

External links

• Little Brazil - Princeton University Press
• Little Brazil (DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv1h9dgnz) - Available on JSTOR

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