Aliados versus inimigos da nação: : sociabilidades no Porto da Grande Guerra (1914-1918)

Abstract

The Great War of 1914-1918 nurtured radical nationalist sentiments that promoted a transfiguration for a new consciousness on society’s relationships among national and foreign citizens. The new historical and sociological guidelines resulted in different forms of social interaction in many countries worldwide, accentuated by the complexity of global diplomatic and military scenery, which emerged soon in Portugal despite the later involvement in the conflict. The presence of immigrant communities established in Oporto throughout the centuries offers a very unique perspective on the redesign of its social fabric and sociability at war times, revealing inquisitive images of everyday living, ideological concepts or attitudes and paradoxical behaviors between allies and heroes in opposition to enemies and antiheroes of the State.

Keywords

• World War
• Porto
• 20th Century
• Foreigners