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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blackmore, Josiah, 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Travel.
Public opinion, Portuguese.
Portuguese literature.
Portuguese colonies.
Muslims in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Historiography.
Africans in literature.
Saracens in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
HISTORY > General.
Litterature portugaise > Histoire et critique.
Imperialisme dans la litterature.
Musulmans dans la litterature.
Africains dans la litterature.
Portuguese literature > History and criticism.
Historiography > Portugal > History > 16th century.
Historiography > Portugal > History > To 1500.
Portugal.
Africa.
Afrique > Descriptions et voyages.
Afrique > Historiographie.
Portugal > Colonies.
Africa > Foreign public opinion, Portuguese.
Africa > Description and travel.
Africa > Historiography.
Portugal > Colonies > Africa.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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