Retornados From The Portuguese Colonies

Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Retornados from the Portuguese Colonies in AfricaMemory, Narrative, and History\nAuthor(s): Elsa Peralta\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367704100, 978-0367704100\nSynopsis\nPlaced in the wider scope of post-war European decolonisation migrations, The Retornados from the Portuguese Colonies in Africa looks at the \""Return\"" of the Portuguese nationals living in the African colonies when they became independent. \n\nUsing an interdisciplinary research agenda, the book presents a collection of research essays written by experts in the fields of anthropology, history, literature and the arts, that look at a wide range of memory narratives through which the Returnas well as the experiences of war, violence, loss and traumahave been expressed, contested and internalised in the social realm. These narratives include testimonial accounts from the so-called retornados from Africa and their descendants, as well as w.