Heirs of the Bamboo : : Identity and Ambivalence among the Eurasian Macanese / / Marisa C. Gaspar.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Gaspar, Marisa C.,
• MitwirkendeR: Chun, Allen,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: European Anthropology in Translation ; 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Foreword --; Acknowledgements --; List of Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. The Eurasians of Macao: Celebrating the Macanese Difference --; Chapter 2. Macanese Mnemonics: Genealogies and Palaces of Virtual Memory --; Chapter 3. Eating the Past: Expressions of Nostalgia at PCB Events --; Chapter 4. Our Cultural Heritage: Macanese Cuisine and the Patuá Theatre --; Chapter 5. (De)Constructing the Macanese Self-Identity: A Strategic Ambivalence --; Conclusion. Macao (Still) My Land? --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789208924; 9783110997699
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789208924?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Marisa C. Gaspar.

In 1999 Macao, previously a territory under Portuguese rule, was handed over to the People’s Republic of China and transformed into one of the gambling capitals of the world. These political and economic phenomena were accompanied by unprecedented social changes that, ultimately, have redefined the Macanese identity. This book is about the Macanese living in Portugal and their intimate social networks in loco and interactions with their counterparts in Macao and elsewhere in the diaspora, by the use of Internet. Memory and ambivalence, deeply associated with kinship, language, food and heritage, are the cornerstones of this research, which overturns colonial stereotypes and concepts of Macanese cultural purity.