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- Title
Viagens e histórias de imigrantes Portugueses na cidade do Rio de Janeiro na Primeira República: a trajectória de Florindo Gomes Bolsinha.
- Authors
Ribeiro, Gladys Sabina
- Abstract
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Portuguese were much in evidence in Rio de Janeiro. In 1906 they made up a fifth of the population and half the active work force in the city. Rivalry in the labour market certainly stimulated anti-Portuguese sentiment, which showed itself in various ways, in day-to-day life. Slinging matches were the least of it: bloody brawls often occurred. By means of the story of a Portuguese immigrant who came to try his luck and struggled to survive in Brazil, these clashes are analysed. It will be shown that Portuguese immigrants adopted the work ethic as a survival strategy. At the same time they reinforced the idea of the brotherhood of Portuguese and Brazilians. Thus there was a mutual tendency to xenophobia and stereotyping: anti-Portuguese prejudice was counterbalanced by racial discrimination against Negroes and their descendants.
- Subjects
RIO de Janeiro (Brazil); BRAZIL; IMMIGRANTS; LABOR market; LABOR supply; WORK environment; WORK ethic; XENOPHOBIA; STEREOTYPES
- Publication
Ler Historia, 2006, Issue 51, p165
- ISSN
0870-6182
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4000/lerhistoria.2634