Things of the house material culture and migration from post-colonial Mozambique to Portugal
Movement, materiality and domestic life : an anthropological approach -- The Portuguese third empire : colonialism, revolution and late decolonization -- Migrating to Africa : new contexts, new peoples, old social issues -- Life in colonial Mozambique : a domestic material culture approach -- Out of...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York ; London
Berghahn
2023
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| Schriftenreihe: | European anthropology in translation
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Movement, materiality and domestic life : an anthropological approach -- The Portuguese third empire : colonialism, revolution and late decolonization -- Migrating to Africa : new contexts, new peoples, old social issues -- Life in colonial Mozambique : a domestic material culture approach -- Out of Africa : the materiality of loss and displacement -- Life in democratic Portugal : a domestic material culture approach "Discussing multiple aspects of material culture and domestic consumption, this book tackles the relationship between the trajectories and biographies of people, families, houses and objects and how they intertwine and produce each other. Focusing on the life stories of a group of European and Catholic Brahmin Goan families of the colonial elite who left Mozambique after the country's independence in 1975, the book shows how material culture interferes with structuring dimensions of migratory experiences, in the management of family memories, ties and networks of belonging, as well as in the social dynamics of positioning, hierarchy and distinction"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Translation of: As coisas da casa : cultura material, migrações e memórias familiares |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 184 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781800739543 978-1-80073-954-3 |