«Hierarchical Alterity is a Mere Illusion». Some Reflections on the Creative Power of Women's Expressive Traditions in the Portuguese-Speaking Hindu Diaspora « L'altérité hiérarchique est une illusion pure »: quelques réflexions sur le pouvoir créateur des traditions d'expression féminine dans la diaspora hindoue de langue portugaise « Alteridade hierárquica é mera ilusão »: Reflexões sobre o poder criativo de tradições de expressão de mulheres na diáspora dos hindus de língua portuguesa
Despite being dismissed by certain brahmanised sectors of the Hindu diaspora, the idioms through which Hindu women construct their own selves and the alternative conceptions of the social world that they transmit have contributed significantly to the success of their families in migratory contexts in terms of identity. Taking the Hindu diaspora within the Portuguese-speaking space as a case study, we hope to show how the women's expressive traditions constituted a contra-ethnicising logic which helped to consolidate the position of the ethnic minority of traders formed by the Hindu-Gujarati population settled in Mozambique during the colonial period.
In the two main post-colonial migratory contexts, Portugal and England, these traditions continue to provide emerging generations with significant resources for the redefinition of relations between «self » and «other» and for the renegotiation of intra- or inter-ethnic power dynamics.
Dans les deux principaux contextes migratoires post-coloniaux, le Portugal et l'Angleterre, ces traditions continuent de fournir aux générations émergentes des ressources significatives pour la redéfinition des relations entre « soi » et « l'autre » et pour la renégociation des dynamiques de pouvoir intra-ethniques ou inter-ethniques.
Nos dois principais contextos migratórios pós-coloniais, Portugal e a Inglaterra, estas tradições continuam a fornecer gerações emergentes com recursos significativos para a redefinição de relações entre « ego » e « alter » e para a renegociação de dinâmicas de força intra ou inter étnicas.

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