Cinematic and Literary Representations of Africans and Afro-descendants in Contemporary Portugal: Conviviality and conflict on the margins

This article offers an analysis of feature films and literary fiction related to sub-Saharan African immigrants and their descendants in contemporary Portugal. I investigate how this cultural production reflects the changing Portuguese nation, where the boundaries between postcolonial Portugal and i...

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Main Author: Fernando Arenas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa 2012-12-01
Series:Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cea/676
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description This article offers an analysis of feature films and literary fiction related to sub-Saharan African immigrants and their descendants in contemporary Portugal. I investigate how this cultural production reflects the changing Portuguese nation, where the boundaries between postcolonial Portugal and its former African colonies, as well as the notions of what constitutes “being African” or “being European”, are being redefined.
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Cinematic and Literary Representations of Africans and Afro-descendants in Contemporary Portugal: Conviviality and conflict on the margins
Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
postcolonialism
immigration
Africans
Afro-descendants
cinema
literature
title Cinematic and Literary Representations of Africans and Afro-descendants in Contemporary Portugal: Conviviality and conflict on the margins
title_full Cinematic and Literary Representations of Africans and Afro-descendants in Contemporary Portugal: Conviviality and conflict on the margins
title_fullStr Cinematic and Literary Representations of Africans and Afro-descendants in Contemporary Portugal: Conviviality and conflict on the margins
title_full_unstemmed Cinematic and Literary Representations of Africans and Afro-descendants in Contemporary Portugal: Conviviality and conflict on the margins
title_short Cinematic and Literary Representations of Africans and Afro-descendants in Contemporary Portugal: Conviviality and conflict on the margins
title_sort cinematic and literary representations of africans and afro descendants in contemporary portugal conviviality and conflict on the margins
topic postcolonialism
immigration
Africans
Afro-descendants
cinema
literature
url https://journals.openedition.org/cea/676
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