Remembering World War II Refugees in Contemporary Portugal

This book takes an innovative approach to the study of memories of transit and exile in Portugal between 1933 and 1945 in artistic media. Informed by contemporary debates within memory and translation studies, it develops a translational perspective on transcultural memory and explores its ethical implications. This study provides an in-depth analysis of Daniel Blaufuks's inter-art project Sob Céus Estranhos, Domingos Amaral's novel Enquanto Salazar Dormia and João Canijo's documentary Fantasia Lusitana. It examines the heterocultural networks of signification that these artistic media mobilize to implicate the presence of World War II refugees in Portugal in contemporary negotiations of communality. By approaching memory through a translational lens on culture, this book also offers new perspectives on remediation, memory transfer and the ethical dimensions of remembrance in the context of transcultural memory and migration.

Author: Verena Lindemann Lino
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: 08/09/2021
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9783110738339
ISBN10: 3110738333
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | General
- Literary Criticism | General

About the Author
Verena Lindemann Lino, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal.