The Cape Verdean Race: Identity-building in a suburban council estate
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Data de Publicação: | 2012 |
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Resumo: | This article explores local articulations of identity among Cape Verdean descendants in a council estate near Lisbon. The argument addresses their notions of Cape Verdeanness and Africanness, analysing how these are built and sustained in opposition to the Portuguese. It begins by pinpointing weak transnational (material and symbolic) ties with Cape Verde, moving to highlight widespread racism in Portugals political, media and social responses to African immigrants. Finally, it examines Cape Verdeans identity constructions, arguing that the categories, tacit meanings and group attributes they forge speak less of feelings of belonging to Cape Verde than of a looping effect whereby discursive elements of racism and segregation in Portuguese society are appropriated and reworked by the subjects themselves. |
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The Cape Verdean Race: Identity-building in a suburban council estateCape Verdeanssecond generationidentityracismoppositioncouncil estateThis article explores local articulations of identity among Cape Verdean descendants in a council estate near Lisbon. The argument addresses their notions of Cape Verdeanness and Africanness, analysing how these are built and sustained in opposition to the Portuguese. It begins by pinpointing weak transnational (material and symbolic) ties with Cape Verde, moving to highlight widespread racism in Portugals political, media and social responses to African immigrants. Finally, it examines Cape Verdeans identity constructions, arguing that the categories, tacit meanings and group attributes they forge speak less of feelings of belonging to Cape Verde than of a looping effect whereby discursive elements of racism and segregation in Portuguese society are appropriated and reworked by the subjects themselves.Centro de Estudos Internacionais do ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa2012-07-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-37942012000200003Cadernos de Estudos Africanos n.24 2012reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttp://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-37942012000200003Mourão,Ana Luísainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2024-02-06T17:16:52Zoai:scielo:S1645-37942012000200003Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T02:25:40.918075Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The Cape Verdean Race: Identity-building in a suburban council estate |
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The Cape Verdean Race: Identity-building in a suburban council estate |
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The Cape Verdean Race: Identity-building in a suburban council estate Mourão,Ana Luísa Cape Verdeans second generation identity racism opposition council estate |
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The Cape Verdean Race: Identity-building in a suburban council estate |
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The Cape Verdean Race: Identity-building in a suburban council estate |
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The Cape Verdean Race: Identity-building in a suburban council estate |
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The Cape Verdean Race: Identity-building in a suburban council estate |
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The Cape Verdean Race: Identity-building in a suburban council estate |
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Mourão,Ana Luísa |
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Mourão,Ana Luísa |
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Mourão,Ana Luísa |
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Cape Verdeans second generation identity racism opposition council estate |
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Cape Verdeans second generation identity racism opposition council estate |
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This article explores local articulations of identity among Cape Verdean descendants in a council estate near Lisbon. The argument addresses their notions of Cape Verdeanness and Africanness, analysing how these are built and sustained in opposition to the Portuguese. It begins by pinpointing weak transnational (material and symbolic) ties with Cape Verde, moving to highlight widespread racism in Portugals political, media and social responses to African immigrants. Finally, it examines Cape Verdeans identity constructions, arguing that the categories, tacit meanings and group attributes they forge speak less of feelings of belonging to Cape Verde than of a looping effect whereby discursive elements of racism and segregation in Portuguese society are appropriated and reworked by the subjects themselves. |
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