Common fields and disciplines are history, anthropology, sociology, political science, geography, literature, and music.
However, that is a view perhaps a little too narrow as to the motivating factors which led these many social scientists to do research on Brazilian issues.
[citation needed] In the 1970s and well into the 1980s the Brazilian press paid considerable attention to Brazilianists themselves but there was not much discussion of their arguments and findings.
[citation needed] Since the 1990s there has been a greater acknowledgment in Brazil of the body of work produced by Brazilianist scholars.
A major bi-national conference in Washington D.C. led to the book Envisioning Brazil: A Guide to Brazilian Studies in the United States.