Cape Verdeans have migrated to many parts of the world. In Portugal, they are prominent demographically and socially. The archipelago of Cape Verde presents a unique combination of colonial past, immigration history and geographical features that complexifies a study of interpersonal and spatial relationships. The present study has two aims. It seeks to illustrate how Cape Verdean migrant women in Greater Lisbon live, define and negotiate their relationships with people and places, given the transnational configuration of contemporary migration. It also attempts to highlight how these women exercise creativity in expressions and assertions of womanhood. Based on fieldwork, I suggest that Cape Verdean migrant women are historically, socially, and culturally situated subjects. Not only do they possess the capacity to forge meaningful relationships, but they also navigate a sea of multiple and overlapping identities and belongings. They reassess and appropriate interpersonal and spatial relationships with reference to distinct ideas and criteria drawn from their migratory experiences. Taken together, their lived experiences reflect on their self-image as women, mothers, migrants and citizens.

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岛国崛起但外国制造：在大里斯本的佛得角移民妇女中的生活经验，跨国关系和女性风采

佛得角已迁移到世界许多地方。在葡萄牙，他们在人口和社会上都很突出。佛得角群岛展现了殖民历史，移民历史和地理特征的独特结合，使人际关系和空间关系的研究复杂化。本研究有两个目的。它试图说明考虑到当代移民的跨国格局，大里斯本的佛得角移民妇女如何生活，定义和谈判他们与人和地方的关系。它还试图强调这些妇女如何在表达和主张女性气质中发挥创造力。基于实地考察，我建议佛得角移民妇女是具有历史，社会和文化背景的女性。他们不仅具有建立有意义的关系的能力，但他们也穿越了多重重叠的身份和所有物。他们参考从迁徙经验中得出的独特想法和标准，重新评估和建立适当的人际关系和空间关系。总之，他们的生活经历反映了她们作为妇女，母亲，移民和公民的自我形象。