%0 Journal Article
%T £¿The Cape Verdean Race£¿: Identity-building in a suburban council estate
%A Mour£¿o
%A Ana Lu¨ªsa
%J Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
%D 2012
%I Instituto Universit¨¢rio de Lisboa
%X this article explores local articulations of identity among cape verdean descendants in a council estate near lisbon. the argument addresses their notions of ¡®cape verdeanness¡¯ and ¡®africanness¡¯, analysing how these are built and sustained in opposition to the ¡°portuguese¡±. it begins by pinpointing weak transnational (material and symbolic) ties with cape verde, moving to highlight widespread racism in portugal¡¯s political, media and social responses to african immigrants. finally, it examines cape verdeans¡¯ identity constructions, arguing that the categories, tacit meanings and group attributes they forge speak less of feelings of belonging to cape verde than of a ¡°looping effect¡± whereby discursive elements of racism and segregation in portuguese society are appropriated and reworked by the subjects themselves.
%K cape verdeans
%K second generation
%K identity
%K racism
%K opposition
%K council estate.
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