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

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Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:European Anthropology in Translation ; 8
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Physical Description:1 online resource (228 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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