@article{Ribeiro Corossacz_2016, title={Una decolonizzazione mai terminata. Il modello portoghese di colonizzazione in Brasile e la costruzione dell’Altro/a africano/a nell’immaginario razzista}, url={https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/7845}, DOI={10.13130/2035-7680/7845}, abstractNote={<span><span>In this </span></span><span><span>paper</span></span><span><span> I </span></span><span><span>analys</span></span><span><span>e how the narrative discou</span></span><span><span>r</span></span><span><span>se about t</span></span><span><span>he </span></span><span><span>presumed </span></span><span><span>specific characteristics of Portuguese coloni</span></span><span><span>zation</span></span><span><span> in Brazil</span></span><span><span> moulded</span></span><span><span> racism </span></span><span><span>in Brazil and</span></span><span><span> Portugal.</span></span><span><span> Recently </span></span><span><span>in </span></span><span><span>Portugal</span></span><span><span> there have been</span></span><span><span> episodes of police violence against black people. These episodes </span></span><span><span>have to</span></span><span><span> </span></span><span><span>be</span></span><span><span> considered</span></span><span><span> not only as the</span></span><span><span> product of contemporary racism and it</span></span><span><span>s</span></span><span><span> links with neoliberalism effects on marginalized groups</span></span><span><span>, but also as the </span></span><span><span>product</span></span><span><span> of</span></span><span><span> racist and colonial </span></span><span><span>Portuguese </span></span><span><span>ideology</span></span><span><span>. </span></span><span><span>In the case of Brazil, Portuguese colonization is a key element to comprehend the national ideology of </span></span><span><span>mestiçagem</span></span><span><span>, and the false idea of inclusion of African descendants in </span></span><span><span>Brazilian culture that it convey</span></span><span><span>s.</span></span><span><span> </span></span><span><span>The restrictive valorisation (</span><span>Guillaumin</span><span>, 1972) of black and indigenous people presents in Bra</span></span><span><span>zilian racist ideology is in effec</span></span><span><span>t rooted in the Portug</span></span><span><span>uese model of </span></span><span><span>colonization which</span></span><span><span> has been represented as more “human” since the slavery time. Portuguese men are been described as particularly open to mingle with colonized people, especially women, of other cultures and “races”. The notion of </span><span>lusotropicalism</span><span>, with its celebrating spirit, has contributed to establish this representation and it has legitimized Portuguese colonization and </span></span><span><span>e</span></span><span><span>xploitation also</span></span><span><span> in Africa. These</span></span><span><span> harmful representation</span></span><span><span>s</span></span><span><span> of</span></span><span><span> Portuguese colonization and</span></span><span><span> </span></span><span><span>lusotropicalism</span><span> ideology have thus produced the double effect of negating racism in both Brazil and Portugal.</span></span>}, number={16}, journal={Altre Modernità}, author={Ribeiro Corossacz, Valeria}, year={2016}, month={nov.}, pages={134–147} }