Lusophobia
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Lusophobiaoranti-Portuguese sentimentis hostility, racism, hatred, and/or discrimination towardPortugal,thePortuguese peopleor thePortuguese languageandculture.
Etymology
[edit]Like "Lusitanic",the word" Lusophobia "(Portuguese:lusofobia) derives from "Lusitania",theAncient Romanprovincethat comprised what is nowCentral and Southern PortugalandExtremadura,and "phobia",which means" fear of ". The opposite concept is" Lusophilia ".
Brazil
[edit]In the 19th century, the termlusofobiawas often used to describe nationalist sentiments inBrazil,a formercolonyof thePortuguese Empire,with liberal politicians inRio de JaneiroandPernambucoadvocating the reduction of Portuguese immigration and involvement in the Brazilian economy although almost all of themwere of Portuguese descent.[1]
InRio de Janeiro,the "Jacobinos", a small national radical group, were the strongest opponents of thegalegos,the Portuguese immigrants, who have always been the biggest ethnocultural community in Brazil.[2]
In the immediate aftermath ofPedro I of Brazildownfall in 1831, the poor mixed-race and black people, including slaves, staged anti-Portuguese riots in Salvador.[3]
United Kingdom
[edit]In 2007, after the three-year-oldMadeleine McCanndisappeared fromPraia da Luz,in theAlgarveregion, in southern Portugal, many British media outlets wrote articles highly critical of Portugal and Portuguese police that portrayed Portugal as a "backwards banana republic".[4]Others in the media promoted anti-Portuguese sentiment with ideas such as boycotting Portugal[5]as a holiday destination, but that was not reflected in general public opinion, which saw record numbers of British tourists visit Portugal.[6][7]Estimates were that a record 2 million British tourists holidayed in Portugal in 2007.[8]Notable anti-Portuguese articles byTony Parsons[9]received a record number of complaints to thePress Complaints Commissionfor that year.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^Mosher, Jeffrey C. "Political Mobilization, Party Ideology, and Lusophobia in Nineteenth-Century Brazil: Pernambuco, 1822-1850" Hispanic American Historical Review - 80:4, November 2000, pp. 881-912
- ^Jacobinos versus Galegos: Urban Radicals versusPortugueseImmigrants in Rio de Janeiro in the 1890s, June E. Hahner - Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 18, No. 2 (May, 1976), pp. 125-15,[1],JSTOR
- ^"Instructional Support Center".Archived fromthe originalon 21 November 2011.Retrieved9 May2015.
- ^Berlins, Marcel (10 September 2007)."Media have rushed to judge Portuguese police".The Guardian.London.Retrieved2007-09-10.
- ^Simon Heffer (5 January 2008)."David Cameron's message to the Essex boys".Telegraph.co.uk.Retrieved9 May2015.
- ^Paulo Reis."Madeleine McCann Disappearance: Algarve Tourism Board: Increase of UK tourists is the answer to the boycott appeal from Telegraph".Retrieved9 May2015.
- ^Região de Turismo do Algarve: Aumento do número de turistas britanicos é a resposta ao boicote do Telegraph[permanent dead link]
- ^"Caso Madeleine" não tem efeito negativo em ano com número recorde de turistas britânicos
- ^mirror Administrator (29 October 2007)."OH, UP YOURS, SENOR".mirror.Retrieved9 May2015.
- ^Press Complaints At All Time High
- ^Caitlin Fitzsimmons (16 January 2008)."McCann piece and Heat stickers propel PCC complaints to record high".The Guardian.Retrieved9 May2015.
