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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 5(3), pp. 188 - 194
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050302
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Familiar Experiences among Continents (Portugal, Africa, and Brazil)
Zeila Demartini *
Centre for Rural and Urban Studies (CERU), Methodist University of S茫o Paulo, Brazil
ABSTRACT
Political movements and wars in the Portuguese colonies in Africa in the 1970s were important in determining migration to Sao Paulo - Brazil, especially for those of Portuguese and their descendants who used to live there. In this paper, we seek to understand these new migratory flows and their influence on family experiences using oral histories of immigrants and their families as a complementary along with other sources. The narratives provide insight into the complex dynamics of family during their shifts; we find the conditions for the arrival of Portuguese to African regions, experiences of generations and the immigration to Brazil according to the existing possibilities at that time. With regards to family dynamics, we observed the frequent and unexpected separations in the immigration process and the constitution of families with different "cohabitation" in Portugal, Africa, Brazil - in each displacement, and disruptions of relatives who remain in the previous context or heading into other. The displacements of the African countries towards Sao Paulo in the 1970s contributed in the formation of "intercontinental" and mutant families, formed in each context by different participants. The reports made reference to family absences, the similarities and differences of cohabiting that were a result of living in a long distance. The displacements has not finalized for most families. There is a constant flow among Portugal, Africa and Brazil permeating these flows for economic, political, sentimental reasons, that brings people from different contexts together.
KEYWORDS
Family Experiences, Lusophone Africa, Portugal, Sao Paulo
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Zeila Demartini , "Familiar Experiences among Continents (Portugal, Africa, and Brazil)," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 188 - 194, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050302.
(b). APA Format:
Zeila Demartini (2017). Familiar Experiences among Continents (Portugal, Africa, and Brazil). Sociology and Anthropology, 5(3), 188 - 194. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050302.