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The Portuguese and the Creole Indian Ocean : essays in historical cosmopolitanism

Title: The Portuguese and the Creole Indian Ocean : essays in historical cosmopolitanism / Fernando Rosa.
Author: Rosa Ribeiro, Fernando, 1960-
Publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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Description

xvi, 224 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"This monograph is an exploration of the historical legacy of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean, in particular in Goa, Macau, Melaka, and Malabar. Instead of fixing the gaze on either the colonial or the indigenous, it attempts to scrutinise a Creole space that is rooted in Indian Ocean cosmopolitanism"--
"When the Portuguese first entered the Indian Ocean centuries ago, they intruded upon an ancient Creole and cosmopolitan world. Also, they entered a world with age-old connections to the Mediterranean. This book explores some of the intriguing interstices of colonial and other spaces in the ocean, through a scrutiny of personages, texts, and authors between the sixteenth and twenty-first centuries, in a variety of locales, namely, Goa (India), Macau (China), Malabar (Kerala, India), and Melaka (Malaysia). As the narrative goes back and forth between the ethnographic present and the past, it unearths the traces of old connected histories, such as those that link South and Southeast Asia. Furthermore, it explores similarities and differences with the Atlantic, especially in what concerns creolization and cosmopolitanism. It is an attempt by a Brazilian scholar to apply perspectives developed in the Atlantic--in particular, creolization--to Indian Ocean spaces and themes"--

Series Statement

Palgrave series in Indian Ocean world studies

Uniform Title

Palgrave series in Indian Ocean world studies.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Revisiting the Creole Port City -- 3. The Malabar Coast (Kerala) and Cosmopolitanism -- 4. Revisiting Creoles and Other Languages in the Lusophone Indian Ocean -- 5. (Dis) Connections in Macau and Melaka : Constructing a Lusophone Indian Ocean -- 6. The Muslim and Portuguese Indian Ocean : A Reappraisal of Cosmopolitanism in the Early Modern Era -- 7. Conclusion.

Call Number

JFD 15-3501

ISBN

9781137563668
1137563664
9781137566256 (canceled/invalid)
9781137566263 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2015016207

OCLC

925783041

Author

Rosa Ribeiro, Fernando, 1960- author.

Title

The Portuguese and the Creole Indian Ocean : essays in historical cosmopolitanism / Fernando Rosa.

Publisher

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Palgrave series in Indian Ocean world studies

Palgrave series in Indian Ocean world studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFD 15-3501

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