Modernity as Marginality: The making and the experience of peripherality in the Bijagó islands (Guinea-Bissau)

Modernity as Marginality: The making and the experience of peripherality in the Bijagó islands (Guinea-Bissau)

In this article I will trace back the feelings of peripherality and marginality expressed by a group of young men in the Bijagó Islands to the historical and political processes that marginalised the rural communities in Guinea-Bissau in the late colonial and post-independence period and excluded th...

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Päätekijä: Bordonaro, Lorenzo
Aineistotyyppi: Article ou chapitre numérique
Kieli:Anglais
Julkaistu: Cadernos de Estudos Africanos 2016
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youth
Guinea-Bissau
Bijagó
marginality
Portuguese colonialism
generation
Guiné-Bissau
Juventude
Bijagós
Marginalidade
Geração
Colonialismo português
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:cea_103 https://doi.org/10.4000/cea.103 urn:doi:10.4000/cea.103 en https://journals.openedition.org/cea/103 2016-01-22T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/dmvv https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Modernity as Marginality: The making and the experience of peripherality in the Bijagó islands (Guinea-Bissau) Cadernos de Estudos Africanos Centro de Estudos Internacionais info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2182-7400 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-3794 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cea Bordonaro, Lorenzo youth Guinea-Bissau Bijagó marginality Portuguese colonialism generation Guiné-Bissau Juventude Bijagós Marginalidade Geração Colonialismo português In this article I will trace back the feelings of peripherality and marginality expressed by a group of young men in the Bijagó Islands to the historical and political processes that marginalised the rural communities in Guinea-Bissau in the late colonial and post-independence period and excluded them from the formation of the state. These processes were supported and justified by the concomitant formation and diffusion of ideas of civilisation and development that produced and still produce ideological opposition between urban populations and rural communities. Following the seminal work of Anna Tsing, I will consider how the paradigm of the Bijagó region as an out-of-the-way place has been constructed over time through the grand narratives of civilisation and development. Este artigo relaciona o sentimento de marginalidade e periferia expressos por um grupo de jovens nas ilhas Bijagós com os processos históricos e políticos que marginalizaram as comunidades rurais na Guiné-Bissau no período colonial tardio e no pós-independência, excluindo-os da formação do Estado. Estes processos foram apoiados e justificados de forma concomitante pela difusão das ideias de civilização e desenvolvimento que produziram – e ainda produzem – a oposição ideológica entre as populações urbanas e as comunidades rurais. Na sequência do trabalho seminal de Anna Tsing, encaro a construção do paradigma da região Bijagó como um local fora do lugar e verifico como este foi construído ao longo do tempo através das grandes narrativas da civilização e do desenvolvimento.
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topic youth
Guinea-Bissau
Bijagó
marginality
Portuguese colonialism
generation
Guiné-Bissau
Juventude
Bijagós
Marginalidade
Geração
Colonialismo português
spellingShingle youth
Guinea-Bissau
Bijagó
marginality
Portuguese colonialism
generation
Guiné-Bissau
Juventude
Bijagós
Marginalidade
Geração
Colonialismo português
Bordonaro, Lorenzo
Modernity as Marginality: The making and the experience of peripherality in the Bijagó islands (Guinea-Bissau)
description In this article I will trace back the feelings of peripherality and marginality expressed by a group of young men in the Bijagó Islands to the historical and political processes that marginalised the rural communities in Guinea-Bissau in the late colonial and post-independence period and excluded them from the formation of the state. These processes were supported and justified by the concomitant formation and diffusion of ideas of civilisation and development that produced and still produce ideological opposition between urban populations and rural communities. Following the seminal work of Anna Tsing, I will consider how the paradigm of the Bijagó region as an out-of-the-way place has been constructed over time through the grand narratives of civilisation and development.
author Bordonaro, Lorenzo
author_facet Bordonaro, Lorenzo
author_sort Bordonaro, Lorenzo
title Modernity as Marginality: The making and the experience of peripherality in the Bijagó islands (Guinea-Bissau)
title_short Modernity as Marginality: The making and the experience of peripherality in the Bijagó islands (Guinea-Bissau)
title_full Modernity as Marginality: The making and the experience of peripherality in the Bijagó islands (Guinea-Bissau)
title_fullStr Modernity as Marginality: The making and the experience of peripherality in the Bijagó islands (Guinea-Bissau)
title_full_unstemmed Modernity as Marginality: The making and the experience of peripherality in the Bijagó islands (Guinea-Bissau)
title_sort modernity as marginality: the making and the experience of peripherality in the bijagó islands (guinea-bissau)
publisher Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
publishDate 2016
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