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The Colour of the Other in the Modern Portuguese Youth Novel: A Reading of the Books 'Uma Questão de Cor', by Ana Saldanha and 'Baunilha e Chocolate', by Ana Meireles

dc.contributor.authorCruz, Maria Amélia
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-21T09:46:03Z
dc.date.available2017-03-01T01:30:24Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe word 'cor' (colour), applied in the Portuguese language to globally designate all the various components of the colour spectrum, and also the terms referred to by each of these components, today presents metaphorical or metonymical extensions of its original meanings, having acquired different semantic contents that are to a great extent culturally constructed and determined. In this paper, I limit myself to the Portuguese case since, although the same phenomenon undoubtedly takes place in other languages, the present metaphorical or metonymical meanings certainly vary from culture to culture. One of the most paradigmatic cases relates to the meanings acquired by the words 'cor' (colour), 'preto/negro' (black/negro), and, in opposition, the word 'branco' (white) within the framework of Portuguese colonial and postcolonial discourses. Based on the analysis of two Portuguese youth novels, 'Uma Questão de Cor', 2010, by Ana Saldanha and 'Baunilha e Chocolate', 2001, by Ana Meireles, I reflect here on how these terms—and the concepts they relate to—, represent and simultaneously contribute towards the construction of an otherness, based on the matter of (skin) colour.pt_PT
dc.identifier.citationCRUZ, Maria Amélia - The colour of the other in the modern portuguese youth novel : a reading of the books 'Uma questão de cor', by Ana Saldanha and 'Baunilha e chocolate', by Ana Meireles. In BOGUSHEVSKAYA, Victoria, ed., COLLA, Elisabetta, ed. - Thinking colours : perception, translation and representation. Cambridge : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4438-7529-5. p. 118-130.pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4438-7529-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/18505
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherCambridge Scholars Publishingpt_PT
dc.subjectcolourpt_PT
dc.subjectPortuguese youth novelpt_PT
dc.subjectothernesspt_PT
dc.subjectcolonial and postcolonial discoursespt_PT
dc.subjectracismpt_PT
dc.titleThe Colour of the Other in the Modern Portuguese Youth Novel: A Reading of the Books 'Uma Questão de Cor', by Ana Saldanha and 'Baunilha e Chocolate', by Ana Meirelespt_PT
dc.typebook part
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceNewcastle upon Tynept_PT
oaire.citation.endPage130pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage118pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleThinking Colours. Perception, Translation and Representationpt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typebookPartpt_PT

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