Heirs of the Bamboo

<p> In 1999 Macao previously a territory under Portuguese rule was handed over to the People's Republic of China and transformed into one of the gambling capitals of the world. These political and economic phenomena were accompanied by unprecedented social changes that ultimately have redefined the Macanese identity. This book is about the Macanese living in Portugal and their intimate social networks in loco and interactions with their counterparts in Macao and elsewhere in the diaspora by the use of Internet. Memory and ambivalence deeply associated with kinship language food and heritage are the cornerstones of this research which overturns colonial stereotypes and concepts of Macanese cultural purity.</p>