Grounded in extensive and original ethnographic fieldwork, this book
makes a novel contribution to migration studies by examining a
European labour migration to the Global South, namely contemporary
Portuguese migration to Angola in a postcolonial context. In doing so,
it explores everyday encounters at work between the Portuguese
migrants and their Angolan “hosts”, and it analyses how the
Luso-African postcolonial heritage interplays with the recent
Portuguese-Angolan migration in the (re-)construction of power
relations and identities. Based on ethnographic interviews, the book
describes the Angolan-Portuguese relationship as characterized not
only by hierarchies of power, but also by ambivalence and hybridity.
This research demonstrates that the identities of the ex-colonized
Angolan and the Portuguese ex-colonizer are shaped by a history of
unequal and violent power relations. Further, it reveals how this
history has produced a sense of intimacy between the two, and the
often fraught nature of this relationship. Combining a strong
connection to the field of migration studies with a postcolonial
perspective, this original work will appeal to students and scholars
of migration, postcolonial studies, the sociology of work and African
Studies.
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ISBN
9783319730523
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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