%0 Journal Article
%T Cinematic and Literary Representations of Africans and Afro-descendants in Contemporary Portugal: Conviviality and conflict on the margins
%A Arenas
%A Fernando
%J Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
%D 2012
%I Instituto Universit¨˘rio de Lisboa
%X this article offers an analysis of feature films and literary fiction related to sub-saharan african immigrants and their descendants in contemporary portugal. i investigate how this cultural production reflects the changing portuguese nation, where the boundaries between postcolonial portugal and its former african colonies, as well as the notions of what constitutes ˇ°being africanˇ± or ˇ°being europeanˇ±, are being redefined.
%K postcolonialism
%K immigration
%K africans
%K afro-descendants
%K cinema
%K literature.
%U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1645-37942012000200008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en