Karam, John Tofik

Another Arabesque : Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil

Acknowledgments ix INTRODUCTION The Politics of Privilege 1 PART ONE Imagining Political Economy ONE Pariahs to Partners in the Export Nation 23 TWO Eth(n)ics and Transparent State Reform 46 PART TWO Remodeling the Nationalist Order THREE Turcos in the Market Model of Racial Democracy 71 FOUR Mixing Christians, Cloning Muslims 95 PART THREE Marketing Ethnic Culture FIVE Ethnic Reappropriation in the Country Club Circuit 121 SIX Air Turbulence in Homeland Tourism 144 CONCLUSION In Secure Futures: Arabness, Neoliberalism, and Brazil 166 Notes 177 References 195 Index 209