Becoming Nordic in Brazil: Whiteness and Icelandic Heritage in Brazilian Identity Making
In this article, we focus on whiteness as an historically shifting phenomenon by analysing Brazilian recent emphasis on Icelandic ancestry, demonstrating the intersection of whiteness, class and ethnicity. A small group of Icelanders were among the millions migrating to Brazil around the latter half...
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ftjnjmr:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/403 2023-06-11T04:13:03+02:00 Becoming Nordic in Brazil: Whiteness and Icelandic Heritage in Brazilian Identity Making Loftsdóttir, Kristín Eyþórsdottir, Eyrún Willson, Margaret 2021-03-22 application/pdf application/xml https://account.journal-njmr.org/index.php/uh-j-njmr/article/view/403 https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.403 eng eng Helsinki University Press https://account.journal-njmr.org/index.php/uh-j-njmr/article/view/403/420 https://account.journal-njmr.org/index.php/uh-j-njmr/article/view/403/421 https://account.journal-njmr.org/index.php/uh-j-njmr/article/view/403 doi:10.33134/njmr.403 Copyright (c) 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 Nordic Journal of Migration Research; Vol. 11 No. 1 (2021); 80–94 1799-649X Nordic Brazilian Whiteness Heritage movement Migration info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftjnjmr https://doi.org/10.33134/njmr.403 2023-05-04T19:58:03Z In this article, we focus on whiteness as an historically shifting phenomenon by analysing Brazilian recent emphasis on Icelandic ancestry, demonstrating the intersection of whiteness, class and ethnicity. A small group of Icelanders were among the millions migrating to Brazil around the latter half of the nineteenth century. The Icelandic migrants did not emphasise their Icelandic identity but affiliated themselves with Germans and other favoured immigrant groups. More than 130 years later, a group of Brazilians of Icelandic descent founded the Iceland Brazil Association to celebrate the Icelandic part of their ancestry. Since then, both their membership and interest in Iceland have grown. We ask how this emphasis on Icelandic ancestry intersects with an increased reification of Icelandic identity as ‘white’ identity. The discussion shows that the emphasis on Icelandic ethnic markers is new in Brazil and needs to be understood within the theorisation of Brazilian national and racialised identity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Nordic Journal of Migration Research Nordic Journal of Migration Research 11 1 80 94 |
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In this article, we focus on whiteness as an historically shifting phenomenon by analysing Brazilian recent emphasis on Icelandic ancestry, demonstrating the intersection of whiteness, class and ethnicity. A small group of Icelanders were among the millions migrating to Brazil around the latter half of the nineteenth century. The Icelandic migrants did not emphasise their Icelandic identity but affiliated themselves with Germans and other favoured immigrant groups. More than 130 years later, a group of Brazilians of Icelandic descent founded the Iceland Brazil Association to celebrate the Icelandic part of their ancestry. Since then, both their membership and interest in Iceland have grown. We ask how this emphasis on Icelandic ancestry intersects with an increased reification of Icelandic identity as ‘white’ identity. The discussion shows that the emphasis on Icelandic ethnic markers is new in Brazil and needs to be understood within the theorisation of Brazilian national and racialised identity. |
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Becoming Nordic in Brazil: Whiteness and Icelandic Heritage in Brazilian Identity Making |
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Becoming Nordic in Brazil: Whiteness and Icelandic Heritage in Brazilian Identity Making |
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Becoming Nordic in Brazil: Whiteness and Icelandic Heritage in Brazilian Identity Making |
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Becoming Nordic in Brazil: Whiteness and Icelandic Heritage in Brazilian Identity Making |
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Becoming Nordic in Brazil: Whiteness and Icelandic Heritage in Brazilian Identity Making |
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