| ID | 080670 |
| Title Proper | Stereotypes and national identity |
| Other Title Information | experiencing the "emotional Brazilian |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Rezende, Claudia Barcellos |
| Publication | 2008. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In this article, I examine how stereotypes are deployed in the process of experiencing national identities. Specifically, I analyse how a group of Brazilian academics who have studied in Europe and the United States have dealt with stereotypical notions of Brazilians as "warm people" who establish friendship "easily." Ideas about a "greater emotionality," which were often seen as negative from a European colonial perspective, are embraced and re-signified by them as a positive feature of Brazilian national identity, particularly when compared to the supposed "closed nature" of some Europeans. I argue therefore that the presence of such stereotypes contributes to reinforce a subjective sense of Brazilianess and also reveals the negotiations of power relations in the process of elaborating Brazilian national identity |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 15, No.1; Jan-Feb 2008: p103-122 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 15, No.1; Jan-Feb 2008: p103-122 |
| Key Words | National Identity ; Stereotypes ; Brazil ; Friendship ; Emotionality |