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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Summary: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.
ISSN:1645-3794
2182-7400