Orientalism and the Colonial construction of amiability
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The present article examines the narratives of amiability that, during the late-colonial period, were built around the Chinese of Mozambique. Based on that specific historical experience, the essay explores the affinities between Orientalism and Lusotropicalism. To do so, it assumes that both Orientalist and Lusotropicalist imaginations encompass an intrinsic paradox: they approximate and empathize at the same time that they exoticize and mark differences. This approximation-distancing operation was carried out, above all, by the journalists of the time, who saw the Chinese as "good Portuguese" and good sportsmen. Sport (bodiliness, sensualities, sociabilities) served as a cognitive map from which it was possible to read and interpret the character, the way of being and the ethos of the Luso-Chinese of Mozambique.
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