Moorings : Portuguese expansion and the writing of Africa /

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In this first book to study Portuguese texts about Africa, Moorings brings an important but little-known body of European writings to bear on contemporary colonial thought. Images of Africa as monstrous, dangerous, and lush were created in early Portuguese imperial writings and dominated its represe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blackmore, Josiah, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Temas:
To 1599
Africans in literature.
Muslims in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Historiography > Portugal > History > To 1500.
Historiography > Portugal > History > 16th century.
Portuguese literature > History and criticism.
Saracens in literature.
Africains dans la littérature.
Musulmans dans la littérature.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Littérature portugaise > Histoire et critique.
Historiographie > Portugal > Histoire > 16e siècle.
HISTORY > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Saracens in literature
Africans in literature
Historiography
Imperialism in literature
Muslims in literature
Portuguese colonies
Portuguese literature
Public opinion, Portuguese
Travel
Portugal > Colonies > Africa.
Africa > Historiography.
Africa > Description and travel.
Africa > Foreign public opinion, Portuguese.
Portugal > Colonies.
Afrique > Historiographie.
Afrique > Descriptions et voyages.
Africa
Portugal
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Into Africa
  • Encountering the African
  • Some medieval formulations
  • The African in-between
  • Expansion and the contours of Africa
  • Routes, histories, and chronicles
  • Strangeness under the imperial sun
  • Africa and the imagination
  • The monster of melancholy
  • Adamastor melancholicus
  • The masculine ship
  • The devil's map.

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