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Strategies of integration, identity and belonging among Portuguese emigrant descendant returnees from France and Canada
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This article examines negotiations of identity and belonging within the context of
Portuguese emigrant descendants’ return to Portugal. Findings are based on semistructured interviews with 42 individuals from two source countries: Canada and
France. Empirical analysis focuses on the individual’s sense of self as defined by
their post-diasporic lives, delving into processes of identity negotiations and breaking down the construction of a sense of belonging. Results reveal that processes of
integration frequently hold obstacles derived from clashes with Portuguese society’s
ways of being and acting. Disillusionment with the ‘inner workings’ of Portuguese
society and disenchantment brought about by social differentiation and the not
always warm welcome on the part of the local population lead returnees to become
more aware of their ‘dual allegiances’. The ‘hyphen’ many returned to Portugal
thinking they would finally do away with, in the end, ends up becoming just as
accentuated at it was in the pre-return.
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Emigrant descendants Integration Identity Portuguese emigrants Belonging