02788nam 22004451a 450 991079310660332120200514202323.01-350-04367-2(electronic book)1-350-04364-810.5040/9781350043671(CKB)4100000006998039(MiAaPQ)EBC5560165(OCoLC)1051003401(UkLoBP)bpp09262335(UtOrBLW)bpp09262335(EXLCZ)99410000000699803920181015d2018 uy 0engurcnu|||uuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPortuguese decolonization in the Indian Ocean world history and ethnography /Pamila GuptaLondon Bloomsbury Publishing20181 online resource (241 pages)Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-218)."Gupta considers decolonization through the twined lenses of history and ethnography, accessed through written, oral, visual and eyewitness accounts of how people experienced the transfer of state power. She looks at the materiality of decolonization as a movement of peoples across vast oceanic spaces, demonstrating how it was a process of dispossession for both the Portuguese formerly in power and ordinary colonial citizens and subjects. She then discusses the production of race and class anxieties during decolonization, which took on a variety of forms but were often articulated through material objects. The book aims to move beyond linear histories of colonial independence by connecting its various regions using the theme of decolonization, offering a productive and new approach to writing post-national histories and ethnographies. Finally, Gupta demonstrates the value of using different source materials to access narratives of decolonization, analyzing the work of Mozambican photographer Ricardo Rangel, and including lyrical prose and ethnographical observations. Portuguese Decolonization in the Indian Ocean World provides a nuanced understanding of Lusophone decolonization, revealing the perspectives of people who experienced it. This book will be highly valuable for historians of the Indian Ocean world and decolonization, but also those interested in ethnography, diaspora studies and material culture."--Bloomsbury Publishing.DecolonizationPortugalEthnologyPortugalHistoryDecolonizationEthnology.954Gupta Pamila1067550UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBP9910793106603321Portuguese decolonization in the Indian Ocean world3830029UNINA