The colours of the empire [[electronic resource] ] : racialized representations during Portuguese colonialism / / Patrícia Ferraz de Matos ; translated by Mark Ayton

• Autore: Matos Patrícia Ferraz de
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, c2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Disciplina: 325/.3469
• Soggetto topico: Racism - Portuguese-speaking countries; Indigenous peoples - Portuguese-speaking countries
• Soggetto geografico: Portugal Colonies History
• Altri autori: AytonMark
• Note generali: Translation of: As cores do império.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter I - Origins of a Prejudice: The Roots of Racial Discrimination; Chapter II - Discourse, Images, Knowledge: The Place of the Colonies and Their Populations in the Portuguese Colonial Empire; Chapter III - Exhibiting the Empire, Imagining the Nation: Representations of the Colonies and the Overseas Portuguese in the Great Exhibitions; Conclusion; Appendix I - Film; Appendix II - Texts from the padrões of Portugal dos Pequenitos; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Portuguese Colonial Empire established its base in Africa in the fifteenth century and would not be dissolved until 1975. This book investigates how the different populations under Portuguese rule were represented within the context of the Colonial Empire by examining the relationship between these representations and the meanings attached to the notion of 'race'. Colour, for example, an apparently objective criterion of classification, became a synonym or near-synonym for 'race', a more abstract notion for which attempts were made to establish scientific credibility. Through her analysis
• Titolo autorizzato: The colours of the empire
• ISBN: 0-85745-763-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779978803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: European Anthropology in Translation