An earth-colored sea : "race," culture, and the politics of identity in the postcolonial Portuguese-speaking world / Miguel Vale de Almeida.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Almeida, Miguel Vale de, author.

Series:

New directions in anthropology ; v. 22.

New directions in anthropology ; volume 22

Standardized Title:

Mar da cor da terra. English

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Portuguese--Foreign countries--History.

Portuguese.

Ethnicity--Portuguese-speaking countries.

Ethnicity.

Black people--Race identity--Brazil.

Black people.

Portuguese--Trinidad and Tobago--Ethnic identity.

Cultural pluralism.

Race awareness.

Group identity--Timor-Leste.

Group identity.

Group identity--Portugal.

Portuguese-speaking countries--Race relations.

Portuguese-speaking countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2004.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

AN EARTH-COLORED SEA; CONTENTS; FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1. POTOGEE; 2. POWERS, PRODUCTS, AND PASSIONS; 3. TRISTES LUSO-TROPIQUES; 4. 'LONGING FOR ONESELF'; 5. EPILOGUE OF EMPIRE; 6. PITFALLS AND PERSPECTIVES IN ANTHROPOLOGY, POSTCOLONIALISM, AND THE PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING WORLD; EPILOGUE. A SAILOR'S TALE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-131) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781571816078

1571816070

9781782388548

1782388540

OCLC:

967028691