Brazilian American History, Life & Values
Basics
On the Web: Articles
Losing Its Young to an American Dream. Monte Reel, Washington Post (11/14/06).
Brazilian-American Diplomacy .
Elements of Brazilian Culture.
The Art and Culture of Brazil .
On the Web: Specialized Sites
Brazilian American Association.
Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce.
In the Library: Articles
Goza, Franklin. "Brazilian immigration to North America," International Migration Review 28,1 (1994):136-52.
__________ & Leticia Marteleto. "An examination of remittance activity among Brazilian immigrants in the US & Canada," Annals of the Brazilian Association of Population Studies 11,2 (1998):551-75.
__________. "Brazilian immigration to Ontario," International Migration Review 37,4 (1999):765-89.
Margolis, Maxine. "A new ingredient in the melting pot: Brazilians in New York City," City & Society 3,2 (1989):179-87.
__________. "Transnationalism & popular culture: the case of Brazilian immigrants in the US," Journal of Popular Culture 29,1 (1995):29-41.
__________. "Brazilians & the 1990 US census: immigrants, ethnicity & the undercount," Human Organization 54,1 (1995):52-59.
Sales, Teresa. "Constructing an identity: Brazilian immigrants in Boston, MA," Migration World 26,5 (1998):15-21.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Fleischer, Soraya Resende. Passando a America a limpo: o trabalho de housecleaners brasileiras em Boston, Massachusetts (São Paulo: Annablume, 2002).
Margolis, Maxine L. Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilians in New York City (Princeton: Princeton U., 1991).
__________. An Invisible Minority: Brazilians in New York City (Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1998).
Martes, Ana Cristina Braga. Cenas do Brasil migrante (São Paulo: Boitempo, 1999).
__________. Brasileiros nos Estados Unidos: um estudo sobre imigrants em Massachusetts (São Paulo: Paz e Terra, 2000).
Messias, DeAnne Karen Hilfinger. Narratives of Transnational Migration, Work, & Health: The Lived Experiences of Brazilian Women in the US (unpub. PhD. U. California, San Francisco, 1997).
In the Library: Fiction
In the Library: For Young Readers
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Drama
In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Two Lost Souls on a Dirty Night (Dos perdidos numa noite suja)" [2002], dir. José Joffily, 100m. Young Brazilian couple seek opportunity, face violence & deportation in NY.