Patrícia Ferraz de Matos

Gebundenes Buch

The Colours of the Empire

Racialized Representations during Portuguese Colonialism

Beschreibung

Investigates how the different populations under Portuguese rule were represented within the Colonial Empire Examines the relationship between representations and meanings attached to the notion of ‘race’ Analyzes government documents, colonial propaganda materials, and interviews with an anthropological perspective Provides insight into the relationship between racist formulations disseminated in Portugal and racist theories produced in 18th Century Europe and beyond

Autor

PatrAcia Ferraz de Matos is an anthropologist whose work focuses on the history of Portuguese anthropology and Portuguese colonialism. She received the Victor de SA¡ Prize of Contemporary History 2005 from the Cultural Council of the University of Minho, Portugal, when this work was first published in Portuguese. Her doctoral thesis was devoted to analyzing the work of the Portuguese anthropologist Mendes Correia and the production of the Anthropology School of Porto. At present she is a post doctoral researcher in the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon where she works on the international networks underlying the forging of scientific knowledge.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780857457622
• ISBN-10: 0857457624
• Artikelnr.: 37737527