NOMEAÇÃO E BAPTISMO : PROCESSOS INCLUSIVOS NA MACAU DO INÍCIO DO SÉCULO XX華人的洗禮與命名：二十世紀初納人澳門社會的過程
The article analyzes the naming and baptism of Chinese children and young people in Macao in the first decade of the twentieth century, proposing that such practices functioned as inclusive mechanisms for social integration and, simultaneously, as instruments for access to Portuguese citizenship. Th...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Articles |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40046/2389 |
| Summary: | The article analyzes the naming and baptism of Chinese children and young people in Macao in the first decade of the twentieth century, proposing that such practices functioned as inclusive mechanisms for social integration and, simultaneously, as instruments for access to Portuguese citizenship. The authors situate the phenomenon within the colonial context under Portuguese administration, when Chinese interference in the institutional sphere was limited, and investigate how political motivations, administrative strategies, and demographic dynamics contributed to transforming religious affiliation into a resource for social mobility. Methodologically, the study articulates a historical reading of institutional landmarks—with particular emphasis on the Asylum for Orphans of the Misericórdia of Macao and the workshop spaces of the Holy Childhood—with a linguistic approach to onomastics, treating the Portuguese names attributed in the context of baptism as documentary evidence of belonging and recognition. It concludes that, in a scenario of intense epidemics and social instability that increased the contingent of orphans, baptism operated as a first step toward the construction of citizenship and integration, reconfiguring relations between Chinese communities and the colonial administration. The article also suggests that the subsequent persistence of cultural and linguistic patterns coexisted with the gradual incorporation of Catholic and onomastic elements. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |