{"product_id":"portuguese-decolonization-in-the-indian-pamila-gupta-9781350043657","title":"Portuguese Decolonization in the Indian Ocean World: History and Ethnography","description":"Pamila Gupta takes a unique approach to examining decolonization processes across Lusophone India and Southern Africa, focusing on Goa, Mozambique, Angola and South Africa, weaving together case studies using five interconnected themes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGupta considers decolonization through the twined lenses of history and ethnography, accessed through written, oral, visual and eyewitness accounts of how people experienced the transfer of state power. She looks at the materiality of decolonization as a movement of peoples across vast oceanic spaces, demonstrating how it was a process of dispossession for both the Portuguese formerly in power and ordinary colonial citizens and subjects. She then discusses the production of race and class anxieties during decolonization, which took on a variety of forms but were often articulated through material objects. The book aims to move beyond linear histories of colonial independence by connecting its various regions using the theme of decolonization, offering a productive and new approach to writing post-national histories and ethnographies. Finally, Gupta demonstrates the value of using different source materials to access narratives of decolonization, analyzing the work of Mozambican photographer Ricardo Rangel, and including lyrical prose and ethnographical observations. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortuguese Decolonization in the Indian Ocean World\u003c\/i\u003e provides a nuanced understanding of Lusophone decolonization, revealing the perspectives of people who experienced it. This book will be highly valuable for historians of the Indian Ocean world and decolonization, but also those interested in ethnography, diaspora studies and material culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pamila Gupta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350043656\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350043657\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Pamila Gupta","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425195016447,"sku":"9781350043657","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6bd75173-0182-408e-a82a-cdf93854dc88.jpg?v=1761537668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/portuguese-decolonization-in-the-indian-pamila-gupta-9781350043657","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}