Description:
An analysis of how 'race' and nation were conceptualised, mobilised and lived by colonised black Africans in Lisbon and in the Portuguese colonies across time.
Brief description:
Richard Cleminson is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. He has worked on the history of labour movements, the history of sexuality and, more recently, on Lusophone anticolonial movements and their wider international connections. His most recent books include Anarquismo y Homosexualidad. Antología de Artículos de la Revista Blanca, Generación Consciente, Estudios e Iniciales (1924-1935) (2024) and Anarchism and Eugenics: An Unlikely Convergence, 1890-1940 (2019).
Review Quotes:
"This manuscript makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Lisbon as a hub for discussions on Black emancipation in Europe during the first half of the 20th century. It situates Portugal within the broader context of Black and African struggles, making a vital contribution to emerging scholarly work that explores the connections between movements against colonialism and racial discrimination in Europe, Africa, and the Americas." - Marta Araújo, University of Coimbra
"Richard Cleminson makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Lisbon as a hub for discussions on Black emancipation in Europe during the first half of the twentieth century. He situates Portugal within the broader context of Black and African struggles, making a vital contribution to emerging scholarly work that explores the connections between movements against colonialism and racial discrimination in Europe, Africa and the Americas." - Marta Araújo, University of Coimbra