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The Cape Verdean Diaspora in Portugal. Colonial Subjects in a Postcolonial World.
Luis Batalha
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Description for The Cape Verdean Diaspora in Portugal. Colonial Subjects in a Postcolonial World.
Hardback. Series: Program in Migration and Refugee Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSP; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 175 x 20. Weight in Grams: 463.
Author Luís Batalha's ethnographic study of the Cape Verdean community in Portugal focuses on two distinct groups: the middle-class white elite and the darker-skinned, migrant laborers. This challenging and unique work strips bare the social relations—race, gender, and class—that structure lived experience in this post-colonial society. Based on the life stories of fifty Cape Verdeans living mainly in the metropolitan are of Lisbon, this study provides an important analysis of these two remarkably disparate groups and illustrate what it is to be part of the present day Cape Verdean 'community' in Portugal. In addition to painting a complex and realistic ... Read more
Author Luís Batalha's ethnographic study of the Cape Verdean community in Portugal focuses on two distinct groups: the middle-class white elite and the darker-skinned, migrant laborers. This challenging and unique work strips bare the social relations—race, gender, and class—that structure lived experience in this post-colonial society. Based on the life stories of fifty Cape Verdeans living mainly in the metropolitan are of Lisbon, this study provides an important analysis of these two remarkably disparate groups and illustrate what it is to be part of the present day Cape Verdean 'community' in Portugal. In addition to painting a complex and realistic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Program in Migration and Refugee Studies
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739107973
SKU
V9780739107973
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99-15
About Luis Batalha
Luís Batalha is Assistant Professor at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas in Lisbon, Portugal.
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