The Asian Presence in Brazil between the XIX and XX Centuries: “The Chinese Issue” and the Construction of the Brazilian National Identity
Authors
Edivan de Azevedo Silva da Costa
Unicamp
Keywords:
Chinese immigration, immigration policies, foreign workers, national identity
Abstract
This paperdiscusses the theories of migratory movements with emphasis on Chinese mobilities by historical and spatial analyzes are discussed. The emigration and immigration of the internal historical processes in China that culminated in the analysis of the synic diaspora will be addressed. I will try to understand and highlight that the Chinese diaspora has peculiar characteristics, as it maintains economic and identity ties with China. I also present a bibliographic review of the historical rescue of the debates in the XIX and XX centuries on the admission of foreigners to Brazilian territory, based on the interests of hiring Chinese as a labor force in the fields and in the construction of the Brazilian national identity that was known as “The Chinese Question”.
Author Biography
Edivan de Azevedo Silva da Costa, Unicamp
Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais (PPGCS) – linha de pesquisa Estudos das Relações Brasil-China – da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp, Brasil). É mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais (PPGCS) da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ, Brasil) e graduado em geografia pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Uerj, Brasil).
