The Charnegroes: Black Africans and the Ontological Conflict in Catalonia
This paper frames an in depth reflection on the current social and political changes and the emerging phenomenon of body politics of migrant and racialized groups in Europe. The ongoing discussion aims to address the meaning of “being” Catalan for Black Africans in Catalonia. It is grounded on a cri...
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| description | This paper frames an in depth reflection on the current social and political changes and the emerging phenomenon of body politics of migrant and racialized groups in Europe. The ongoing discussion aims to address the meaning of “being” Catalan for Black Africans in Catalonia. It is grounded on a criterion of ontological commitment and the epistemological aspect of ethnography. I dig into the debate about what makes a racial identity salient in the context of national identity rhetoric. I look thoroughly at the outcomes of the encounter between Black African migrants and the constant resignification of Catalan national identity. I aim to disentangle the racial premises and tackle what Black Africans share once the racial questions are removed. My approach stands within the growing field of postcolonial criticism to understand historical continuities and ontological conflicts. I focus on culture, race, and identity to analyze the cultural dynamics of Senegalese migrants and Equatoguinean communities within the national identity building process in Catalonia. I coined a new concept, <i>Charnegroes</i>, to propose a practical explanation of the emergence of body politics and the changing reality of the relationship between the “us” and the “other” under the recurrent transitions between old and new, colonial and postcolonial, the past and the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49436e52f2b1401397d9adb8261f933f2023-11-22T04:58:43ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602021-07-0110725710.3390/socsci10070257The Charnegroes: Black Africans and the Ontological Conflict in CataloniaSaiba Bayo0Department of Political and Social Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University, 08005 Barcelona, SpainThis paper frames an in depth reflection on the current social and political changes and the emerging phenomenon of body politics of migrant and racialized groups in Europe. The ongoing discussion aims to address the meaning of “being” Catalan for Black Africans in Catalonia. It is grounded on a criterion of ontological commitment and the epistemological aspect of ethnography. I dig into the debate about what makes a racial identity salient in the context of national identity rhetoric. I look thoroughly at the outcomes of the encounter between Black African migrants and the constant resignification of Catalan national identity. I aim to disentangle the racial premises and tackle what Black Africans share once the racial questions are removed. My approach stands within the growing field of postcolonial criticism to understand historical continuities and ontological conflicts. I focus on culture, race, and identity to analyze the cultural dynamics of Senegalese migrants and Equatoguinean communities within the national identity building process in Catalonia. I coined a new concept, <i>Charnegroes</i>, to propose a practical explanation of the emergence of body politics and the changing reality of the relationship between the “us” and the “other” under the recurrent transitions between old and new, colonial and postcolonial, the past and the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/7/257CharnegroesBlack AfricansCatalonianational identityracismAfricanness |
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| title | The Charnegroes: Black Africans and the Ontological Conflict in Catalonia |
| title_full | The Charnegroes: Black Africans and the Ontological Conflict in Catalonia |
| title_fullStr | The Charnegroes: Black Africans and the Ontological Conflict in Catalonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Charnegroes: Black Africans and the Ontological Conflict in Catalonia |
| title_short | The Charnegroes: Black Africans and the Ontological Conflict in Catalonia |
| title_sort | charnegroes black africans and the ontological conflict in catalonia |
| topic | Charnegroes Black Africans Catalonia national identity racism Africanness |
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