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Crafting Cosmopolitanism in the Brazilian Mahjar: Eclecticism and Orientalism in the Syrian-Lebanese Architectural Patronage of Centennial São Paulo
- By Caroline ‘Olivia’ M. Wolf
- Source: Islamic and Islamicate Architecture in the Americas , pp 159-177
- Publication Date: September 2025
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/9781835951316_9
- Language: English
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This chapter examines the architectural patronage of the Arabic-speaking diaspora in Brazil by concentrating on key case studies in São Paulo—a major epicenter for migration from the Middle East to Latin America since the late 19th century. From bustling commercial districts to palatial residences, these structures and their eclectic modern styles appropriated Islamicate architectural forms to underscore a cosmopolitan Syrian and Lebanese identity, while serving as a strategic mode of countering anti-immigrant discourses and marking upward mobility.
Keywords: cosmopolitan ; eclecticism ; Islamicate ; Jafet ; mahjar ; Orientalism ; patronage ; residential architecture ; Syrian-Lebanese ; São Paulo
Crafting Cosmopolitanism in the Brazilian Mahjar: Eclecticism and Orientalism in the Syrian-Lebanese Architectural Patronage of Centennial São Paulo
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