Heirs of the bamboo: identity and ambivalence among the Eurasian Macanese

In 1999 Macao, previously a territory under Portuguese rule, was handed over to the People's Republic of China and transformed into one of the gambling capitals of the world. These political and economic phenomena were accompanied by unprecedented social changes that, ultimately, have redefined...

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Main Author: Gaspar, Marisa C. (Author)
Other Authors: Roy, Roopanjali (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books [2020]
Series:European anthropology in translation Volume 8
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Summary:In 1999 Macao, previously a territory under Portuguese rule, was handed over to the People's Republic of China and transformed into one of the gambling capitals of the world. These political and economic phenomena were accompanied by unprecedented social changes that, ultimately, have redefined the Macanese identity. This book is about the Macanese living in Portugal and their intimate social networks in loco and interactions with their counterparts in Macao and elsewhere in the diaspora, by the use of Internet. Memory and ambivalence, deeply associated with kinship, language, food and heritage, are the cornerstones of this research, which overturns colonial stereotypes and concepts of Macanese cultural purity
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Okt 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 214 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781789208924
DOI:10.1515/9781789208924

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