A sweet and amnesic present: The postcolonial landscape and memory makings in Cape Verde

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 523-544

  Sarmento, João ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cape Verde; Identity; Landscape; Memory; Postcolonialism

Indexed keywords

HEGEMONY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LANDSCAPE; MEMORY; NEOLIBERALISM; POST-COLONIALISM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; MACARONESIA;

EID: 70449449566     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360902974456     Document Type: Article

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