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The Politics of the Essay Lusotropicalism as Ideology and Theory
In this article we discuss the politics of the essay of three major twentieth-century Portuguese-speaking intellectuals: Gilberto Freyre, Jorge Dias and António Sérgio. Our topic of discussion is Lusotropicalism. Through an examination of the essayist production of these thinkers (1920s–1960s), we revisit this social theoretical account of racial ...
Filipe Carreira da Silva +1 more
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Ending Empire: Lusotropicalism as an imperial ideology
This article is an inquiry into the ideological foundations of Portuguese postwar imperialism, arguing that these reveal some conceptual tensions characteristic of late-modern justifications of imperial governance, such as anxieties about imperial ...
Jens BARTELSON
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The Eurovision Song Contest states that ‘a rich history of promoting diversity [and] inclusivity’ is amongst its core values. Furthermore, the contest claims to able to ‘bridge differences and ignite a sense of shared community.’ Despite this, Catherine ...
Greg Cotton
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Lusotropicalism as the Basis of the Colonial Self-Positioning of the Estado Novo Regime in Portugal
The article analyzes lusotropicalism as a Portuguese colonial doctrine of the 1960s and 1970s. Salazar's Portugal, due to its geopolitical insignificance in Europe, tended to preserve the colonies as the basis of its imperial identity. Within the framework of the challenges of the post-war world, lusotropi-calism, as a pluralistic ideology based on ...
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Beyond being a renowned founding proponent and scholar of Brazilian miscegenation theory, not much is known about Gilberto Freyre as a poet. His unique poetic collection, Poesia Reunida[i] (1980) [Collected Poetry], provides a rare window into the ...
Omoniyi Afolabi
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O teatro popular Tchiloli em São Tomé: origem quinhentista ou oitocentista?
Tchiloli is an emblematic popular theatre in São Tomé, based on the sixteenth-century play Tragédia do Marquês de Mântua e do Imperador Carlos Magno, written around 1540 by Baltasar Dias (c.1515 – c.1580), a Madeiran playwright from the Gil Vincente ...
Gerhard Seibert
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The Plantationocene: A Lusotropical Contribution to the Theory [PDF]
In this article, I contribute to theorization of the modern era as the Plantationocene, a concept grounded in life on the land and centered around the role of the plantation in sustaining a raciali...
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The racial division of nature: Making land in Recife
In this paper I analyse the making and unmaking of amphibious urban modernity in Recife in the Northeast of Brazil between 1920 and 1950. I argue that the transformation of the city was predicated on an absorptive and eradicative notion of whiteness that necessitated the creation of dry, enclosed land.
Archie Davies
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Chapter 7. Curating Culture and Religion: Lusotropicalism and the Management of Heritage in Portugal
Maria Cardeira da Silva, Clara Saraiva
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Lusofonia – entre mito, história e futuro
The paper discuss the problem of lusophony as a poscolonial neoimperial Portuguese ideology. The author claims that the lusophonic mythology, that is currently being created, is ingrained in the tradition of salazarist propaganda.
Wojciech Charchalis
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