Placed in the wider scope of post-war European decolonisation migrations, The Retornados from the Portuguese Colonies in Africa looks at the "Return" of the Portuguese nationals living in the African colonies when they became independent. Using an interdisciplinary research agenda, the book presents a collection of research essays written by experts in the fields of anthropology, history, literature and the arts, that look at a wide range of memory narratives through which the Return—as well as the experiences of war, violence, loss and trauma—have been expressed, contested and internalised in the social realm. These narratives include testimonial accounts from the so-called retornados from Africa and their descendants, as well as works of fiction and public memory—novels, television series, artworks, films or social media—that have come to mediate the public understanding of this past. Through the dialogue between these different narrative modes, this book intends to explore the interplay between official memory, the lived experience and fiction, thus contributing to build an empirical basis to critically discuss the memory of the end of the Portuguese empire within postcolonial Europe. This book will be of great interest to postgraduates, researchers and academics, most notably the ones working in the fields of postcolonial studies, cultural studies and memory studies.
| ISBN: | 9780367703998 |
| Publication date: | 10th September 2021 |
| Author: | Elsa University of Lisbon, Portugal Peralta |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 424 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Cultural History |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history European history Colonialism and imperialism Literary studies: postcolonial literature Literary studies: general Media studies Cultural studies |
Placed in the wider scope of post-war European decolonisation migrations, The Retornados from the Portuguese Colonies in Africa looks at the "Return" of the Portuguese nationals living in the African colonies when they became independent. Using an interdisciplinary research agenda, the book presents a collection of research essays written by experts in the fields of anthropology, history, literature and the arts, that look at a wide range of memory narratives through which the Return—as well as the experiences of war, violence, loss and trauma—have been expressed, contested and internalised in the social realm. These narratives include testimonial accounts from the so-called retornados from Africa and their descendants, as well as works of fiction and public memory—novels, television series, artworks, films or social media—that have come to mediate the public understanding of this past. Through the dialogue between these different narrative modes, this book intends to explore the interplay between official memory, the lived experience and fiction, thus contributing to build an empirical basis to critically discuss the memory of the end of the Portuguese empire within postcolonial Europe. This book will be of great interest to postgraduates, researchers and academics, most notably the ones working in the fields of postcolonial studies, cultural studies and memory studies.
The Retornados from the Portuguese Colonies in Africa features in the following genres: Social and cultural history, European history, Colonialism and imperialism, Literary studies: postcolonial literature, Literary studies: general, Media studies, Cultural studies
The Retornados from the Portuguese Colonies in Africa is available in Hardback
The Retornados from the Portuguese Colonies in Africa was written by Elsa University of Lisbon, Portugal Peralta and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
The Retornados from the Portuguese Colonies in Africa has 424 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Cultural History series
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