Postcolonial Portuguese Migration to Angola - Migrants or Masters? (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
Release date:	February 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Lisa Akesson
Dimensions:	2181 x 148 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	154
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-73051-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	3-319-73051-7
Barcode:	9783319730516

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