An Earth-Colored Sea: 'Race', Culture and the Politics of Identity in the Post-Colonial Portuguese-Speaking World Contributor(s): Almeida, Miguel Vale De (Author) |
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ISBN: 1571816089 ISBN-13: 9781571816085 Publisher: Berghahn Books
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2004 Click for more in this series: New Directions in Anthropology |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism - History | Latin America - South America - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 305.869 |
Series: New Directions in Anthropology |
Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.47 lbs) 176 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
Features: Bibliography |
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Publisher Description: Although the post-colonial situation has attracted considerable interest over recent years, one important colonial power - Portugal - has not been given any attention. This book is the first to explore notions of ethnicity, race, culture, and nation in the context of the debate on colonialism and postcolonialism. The structure of the book reflects a trajectory of research, starting with a case study in Trinidad, followed by another one in Brazil, and ending with yet another one in Portugal. The three case studies, written in the ethnographic genre, are intertwined with essays of a more theoretical nature. The non-monographic, composite - or hybrid - nature of this work may be in itself an indication of the need for transnational and historically grounded research when dealing with issues of representations of identity that were constructed during colonial times and that are today reconfigured in the ideological struggles over cultural meanings. |
Contributor Bio(s): Almeida, Miguel Vale: - Miguel Vale de Almeida is lecturer of Anthropology at I.S.C.T.E., Lisbon. He is also a political and social activist in Portugal, and a fiction writer. |
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