On Iberian E(I)migration to the Americas: Associative Practices and Roots Tourism

Susana Serpa Silva, Fernando de Sousa, Diogo Ferreira (coord.)

The importance of the diaspora in the History and Culture of the Iberian countries is an evidence for contemporary societies, just as immigration to the Americas is an unavoidable and essential reality in the historical path of the respective countries. Among emigrant communities, it is common to implement, in the host territories, solidarity and association practices — of assistance, cultural or recreational nature — as ways of support, identity preservation or social and economic affirmation. On the other hand, resulting from e(im)migration, roots tourism —  i.e. visits by descendants to their family's countries of origin, in search of references, memories and experiences —, assume an increasingly greater relevance, providing new circulation networks and new tourist products. These are the main themes covered in this publication , supported by the Regional Government of the Azores, FCT, CHAM-Açores and CEPESE, which resulted from the Seminar "Studies on Iberian E(I)migration: Associative Practices and Roots Tourism", held in 2019 at the Ponta Delgada campus of the University of the Azores, organized by CHAM Açores, CEPESE and LABIMI (UERJ).

Authors: Alda Neto, Alejandro Fernández, Alexandra Matos Pereira, André Nicolau, Arlete Assumpção Monteiro, Arsenio Dacosta, Camila Lamartine, Carlos Alberto Damas, Carlos Lobão, Celeste Castro, Célia Toledo Lucena, Conceição Meireles Pereira, Elis Regina Barbosa Angelo, Emílio Carlos Boschilia, Fernando de Sousa, Isabel Borges, Isilda Monteiro, José Jobson Arruda, José Manuel Azcona, Juan Andrés Blanco Rodríguez, Leandro Rodrigues Gonzalez Fernandez, Lená Medeiros de Menezes, Leonor Sampaio da Silva, Luís Reznik, Maria Isabel Andrés Marques, Maria Izilda Matos, Miguel Angel Ajuriaguerra Escudero, Nelly de Freitas, Óscar Álvarez Gila, Paulo Cesar Gonçalves, Ricardo Rocha, Roseli Boschilia, Rubén Sánchez Domínguez, Rui Aniceto Nascimento Fernandes, Ruy Farías, Sênia Bastos, Susana Serpa Silva, Yvone Dias Avelino