Hyphenated ethnicity: Difference between revisions

[[Jeffrey Lesser]] wrote: "While there is no linguistic categories that acknowledge hyphenated ethnicity (a third generation Brzilian or Japanese descendent remains 'Japanese' while a fourth-generation Brazilian of Lebanese descent may become a ''turco'', an ''arabe'', a ''sirio'', or a ''sirio-libanese''), in fcatfact immigrant communities aggressively tried to negotiate a status that allowed for both Brazilian nationality and ethnic difference". <ref>[[Jeffrey Lesser]], "(Re) Creating Ethnicity: Middle Eastern Immigration to Brazil", The Americas Vol. 53, No. 1 (Jul., 1996), pp. 45-65 {{JSTOR|1007473}}</ref>