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Portugal's European Union honeymoon has officially ended. It was the victim of a Europe-wide political and financial crisis and an unstable EU identity increasingly splintered along regional and economic fractures. What does this mean for the former good student of European democracy? The answer may lie in renewed Portuguese efforts to deepen and strengthen ties with Lusophone countries across the globe, which since 1996 have been organized into a supranational organization called the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP). While Portugal's marginality in relation to Europe might be emphasized in the corridors of Brussels, within the realm of the CPLP the former world power can once again see itself as existing at the center geographically as well as from a historic-cultural perspective of an extensive international milieu. The Lusophone World: The Evolution of Portuguese National Narratives explores the dialectic between Portugal's sense of identity and belonging in the EU and the CPLP. It provides an analysis of the manner in which Portugal's institutional allegiances to both of these organizations have impacted the political, economic, and social fabric of the nation. The fact that Portugal is turning to its former colonies as alternate partners in trade, commerce, emigration, and development initiatives may not be evidence of straightforward estrangement from the European continent. More likely, Portugal appears to be riding a fresh wave of what it means to be modern in the European milieu. This new concept of modernity, related to rhetoric of hybridity and a self-professed position as interlocutor, could be evidence of a deeper understanding of the new tools needed to survive and prosper in a rapidly-changing European Union.

Portuguese-speaking countries --- Portugal --- Foreign relations

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A folclorização é um fenómeno cultural da modernidade. Operando com as noções de folclorismo e de folclorização, a presente obra pretende equacionar os parâmetros de um processo que conduziu à mobilização e integração das populações rurais na nação. Este efeito integrador estender-se-ia também à diáspora lusa. Uma perspectiva múltipla presidiu à organização do volume: abordar o folclore como cultura expressiva, avaliar o seu papel na sociedade e apresentar elementos para facultar uma v ...

Manners and customs. --- Portuguese-speaking countries.

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While the fin de siècle has received considerable attention as a critical concept, the first decade of a new century has been less well studied. The chapters in this volume consider the distinctive cultural significance of the 'noughties' in the Hispanic and Lusophone world, looking at the specific cultural, political and economic circumstances of the decade, and in some cases proposing notions of an identifiable 'noughties sensibility' or 'noughties generation' which may flow out of, or stan...

Civilization, Hispanic. --- Portuguese-speaking countries. --- Spanish literature --- History and criticism. --- Portuguese-speaking countries --- Civilization --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions

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Social sciences --- Humanities --- Humanities. --- Social sciences. --- Portuguese-speaking countries. --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Learning and scholarship --- Classical education --- Lusophone countries

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cultural studies --- social sciences --- post-colonial studies --- intercultural communication --- visual culture --- language studies --- Culture --- Study and teaching --- Study and teaching. --- Portuguese-speaking countries. --- Cultural studies --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Social aspects --- Lusophone countries