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‘Portugal Is in the Sky’: Conceptual Considerations on Communities, Lusitanity, and Lusophony

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Imperial Migrations

Part of the book series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship ((MDC))

Abstract

This contribution is that of a historian rather than a specialist of the literature on Lusophone culture. It therefore comes as no surprise that this piece starts by stating that such a culture does not exist. While there are indeed various cultures that can be described as Lusophone because they are expressed in the Portuguese language, the fact that they are expressed in Portuguese does not make them ‘sister’, or twin, cultures. Furthermore, does the fact that they use Portuguese make these phenomena specifically Lusophone? Are the Portuguese Lusophone? Are the French Francophone? We need to start by looking at the meaning of words. The aim of this piece is to deconstruct, but necessarily in full, and so partially to deconstruct the deconstruction itself.

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  1. Queen’s University Belfast, UK

    Eric Morier-Genoud

  2. CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, France

    Michel Cahen

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Cahen, M. (2013). ‘Portugal Is in the Sky’: Conceptual Considerations on Communities, Lusitanity, and Lusophony. In: Morier-Genoud, E., Cahen, M. (eds) Imperial Migrations. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137265005_13

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