Open AccessImperial Debris: Reflections on the Lisbon Cityscape in Contemporary Portuguese Fiction
Author(s) -
Patrícia Martinho Ferreira
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of lusophone studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2469-4800
DOI - 10.21471/jls.v5i2.325
Subject(s) - cityscape , portuguese , metropolitan area , art , representation (politics) , empire , comics , art history , history , humanities , visual arts , literature , archaeology , political science , philosophy , politics , law , linguistics
This essay focuses on the literary image of contemporary Lisbon. Through an analysis of the anthology Lisbon Tales and Trails (2017) and Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida’s Luanda, Lisboa, Paraíso (2018), I examine how Lisbon’s representation on a global stage exposes the complexities and ambiguities of a metropolitan area deeply connected to the legacies of empire. Moving through fictional texts from the city center to the suburban periphery, I offer a focused reflection on Lisbon’s postcolonial/post-imperial ethnoscape.