FAMILY NETWORKS, DIASPORAS, AND THE ORIGINS OF THE MACANESE IN ASIA家庭網絡，散居地與亞洲士生葡人的起源
The article argues that the formation and consolidation of the Macanese community in Asia cannot be explained solely by generic accounts of the "social value" of family networks or by diaspora narratives centered on the Lusitanian "motherland." Instead, Roy Eric Xavier proposes that the origin of th...
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| Published in: | Review of Culture |
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Instituto Cultural de Macau
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40048/2351 |
| Summary: | The article argues that the formation and consolidation of the Macanese community in Asia cannot be explained solely by generic accounts of the "social value" of family networks or by diaspora narratives centered on the Lusitanian "motherland." Instead, Roy Eric Xavier proposes that the origin of the Macanese results from concrete historical processes of production of Luso-Asian families, articulated with colonial practices, ecclesiastical structures, and economic dynamics of the Portuguese system in the Orient. Methodologically, the author mobilizes a historical and sociological reading of biographical and material sources collected on customs and family arrangements, connecting colonial policies (such as the initiative of "indigenous" marriages in Goa), the restrictions on the presence of European women, the recourse to forced labor, and the circulation of women in commercial circuits and matrimonial "markets." The main conclusions sustain that "mestizo" family networks (with legitimate and illegitimate children) structured the accumulation and transmission of resources, favored intergenerational continuity, and contributed to the emergence of community leaderships. The text further situates these networks within the broader context of the transition of commercial flows between Japan and China and of different forms of colonialism, showing how intra-Asian migration produced enduring diasporic patterns. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1106 |