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Postcolonial people : the return from Africa and the remaking of Portugal /

"At some point in October 1975, two young people arrived at Lisbon airport. Alice Barreiro and Fernando Costa reached Portugal's capital after a long-distance flight from Southern Africa. They came from Angola - at the time still a Portuguese colony - their birthplace and homeland, to whic...

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Main Author: Kalter, Christoph (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Portugal > Relations > Angola.
Angola > Relations > Portugal.
Refugees > Portugal.
Political refugees > Portugal.
Return migration > Portugal.
Decolonization > Angola.
Portugal > History > 20th century.
Angola > History > Revolution, 1961-1975.
Portugal > Emigration and immigration.
Angola > Emigration and immigration.
Portugal > Colonies > Africa > History.
Portugal > Colonies > History.
Réfugiés > Portugal.
Migration de retour > Portugal.
Décolonisation > Angola.
Portugal > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Angola > Histoire > 1961-1975 (Révolution)
Portugal > Colonies > Histoire.
HISTORY / Europe / General.
Decolonization.
Emigration and immigration.
International relations.
Political refugees.
Portuguese colonies.
Refugees.
Return migration.
Africa.
Angola.
Portugal.
1900-1999
History.
Table of Contents:
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on translations, archival sources, prices, and languages
  • List of abbreviations
  • Introduction: Decolonization, migration, and the postimperial nation
  • 1. Returnees or refugees? Defining the retornados
  • 2. Hotels for the homeless: integrating the retornado
  • 3. Making claims and taking action: Retornados as political actors
  • 4. The return of the return: memory and the retornados' reemergence
  • Conclusion: the presence and the future of the past
  • Bibliography
  • Index.