Mandarin Brazil: Race, Representation, and Memory

by Ana Paulina Lee

Book Overview

In Mandarin Brazil, Ana Paulina Lee explores the centrality of Chinese exclusion to the Brazilian nation-building project, tracing the role of cultural representation in producing racialized national categories. Lee considers depictions of Chineseness in Brazilian popular music, literature, and visual culture, as well as archival documents and Brazilian and Qing dynasty diplomatic correspondence about opening trade and immigration routes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503606015
• ISBN13: 9781503606012
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"