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Bollywood, Bhajan e Garba: práticas expressivas e representações identitárias na Diáspora Hindu-Gujarati em Moçambique, Portugal e Inglaterra
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Partindo de uma Etnografia multi-situada e de propostas analíticas no âmbito da
Etnomusicologia e da Antropologia centradas no estudo da ‘identidade’ e nos processos identitários de
populações migrantes, esta dissertação problematiza o uso da cultura expressiva nos trajectos migratórios
da população hindu-gujarati de genealogia indiana historicamente associada aos processos coloniais e
pós-coloniais que marcaram Portugal. O consumo e a prática ubíqua de música Bollywood (associada à
indústria cinematográfica indiana centrada na área de Bombaim), bhajan (canção devocional hindu) e
garba (prática musical-coreográfica de índole tradicional e religiosa) ao longo das décadas e das
trajectórias que marcaram este segmento populacional nas redes conectando o Gujarat, Diu, Moçambique,
Portugal e Inglaterra, contribuíram para a contínua provisão de representações partilhadas sob a forma de
sons, símbolos, rituais, narrativas e códigos identitários que foram modelares no fortalecimento da
identidade e do ethos do grupo. Esta disposição foi particularmente manifesta em momentos de apreensão
identitária (p.ex.: a crise de Goa em 1961, o processo pós-colonial em Moçambique após 1975, os
processos de fixação em Portugal nas décadas de 1970 e 1980 e de remigração para Inglaterra a partir da
década de 1990) nos quais estas práticas expressivas contribuíram para articular a negociação de
posicionamentos sociais, étnicos e políticos, da relação do grupo com os grupos e as estruturas
dominantes no âmbito de cada contexto histórico, mas também com outros grupos minoritários ou
subalternizados. Concomitantemente, a análise das práticas expressivas dos hindu-gujarati permite
igualmente diagnosticar a heterogeneidade interna do próprio grupo, expondo conflitualidades manifestas
por exemplo nas tensões de casta, em práticas de desafio da autoridade patriarcal, ou em antagonismos
entre grupos fixados em diversos espaços pós-coloniais da diáspora exibindo padrões de identificação
com ex-colonizadores.
This dissertation problematizes the use of expressive culture in the migratory trajectories of the Hindu-Guajarati population of Indian genealogy historically associated with the colonial and postcolonial processes that marked Portugal. It is anchored on a multi-situated ethnography and a theoretical framework deriving from Anthropological and Ethnomusicological literature on identity and identity building in migrant populations. The ubiquitous consumption of Bollywood music (produced by the Indian film industry based in Bombay), bhajan (a hindu devotional song) and garba (a traditional religious music and dance practice) through the trajectories that marked this population and the networks that connect Gujurat, Diu, Mozambique, Portugal and England, contributed to the constant provision of shared identity representations through sounds, symbols, narratives and codes that reinforced the group’s identity and ethos. This disposition was articulated clearly in moments in which identity was apprehended such as the Goa crisis in 1961, the post-colonial process in Mozambique following 1975, the establishment of residence in Portugal during the 1970s and 1980s and the migration to England starting in the 1990. In these moments, the above mentioned expressive practices contributed to the articulation and negotiation of social, ethnic and political positions with respect to the dominant groups and structures within each historical context, but also with respect to other minority and subaltern groups. The analysis of the expressive practices of the hindu-gujarati also allows us to diagnose the internal heterogeneity of the group, exposing conflicts that are manifested in the tensions between casts, in challenges to patriarchal authority, and in antagonisms between groups who reside in different post colonial spaces in the diaspora, exhibiting patterns of identification with the former colonizers.
This dissertation problematizes the use of expressive culture in the migratory trajectories of the Hindu-Guajarati population of Indian genealogy historically associated with the colonial and postcolonial processes that marked Portugal. It is anchored on a multi-situated ethnography and a theoretical framework deriving from Anthropological and Ethnomusicological literature on identity and identity building in migrant populations. The ubiquitous consumption of Bollywood music (produced by the Indian film industry based in Bombay), bhajan (a hindu devotional song) and garba (a traditional religious music and dance practice) through the trajectories that marked this population and the networks that connect Gujurat, Diu, Mozambique, Portugal and England, contributed to the constant provision of shared identity representations through sounds, symbols, narratives and codes that reinforced the group’s identity and ethos. This disposition was articulated clearly in moments in which identity was apprehended such as the Goa crisis in 1961, the post-colonial process in Mozambique following 1975, the establishment of residence in Portugal during the 1970s and 1980s and the migration to England starting in the 1990. In these moments, the above mentioned expressive practices contributed to the articulation and negotiation of social, ethnic and political positions with respect to the dominant groups and structures within each historical context, but also with respect to other minority and subaltern groups. The analysis of the expressive practices of the hindu-gujarati also allows us to diagnose the internal heterogeneity of the group, exposing conflicts that are manifested in the tensions between casts, in challenges to patriarchal authority, and in antagonisms between groups who reside in different post colonial spaces in the diaspora, exhibiting patterns of identification with the former colonizers.
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Identidade Identity diáspora Bollywood bhajan garba incorporação embodiment agencialidade agency emoções emotions transnacionalismo transnationalism hinduísmo Hinduism nacionalismo nationalism política politics Moçambique Mozambique Portugal England Inglaterra Gujarat