Research Catalog

Title

Moorings [electronic resource] : Portuguese expansion and the writing of Africa / Josiah Blackmore.

Author

Blackmore, Josiah, 1959-

Publication

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xxiv, 203 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Moorings (Online)

Alternative Title

Moorings (Online)

Subject

• Africans in literature
• Muslims in literature
• Imperialism in literature
• Historiography > Portugal > History > To 1500
• Historiography > Portugal > History > 16th century
• Portuguese literature > History and criticism
• Portugal > Colonies > Africa
• Africa > Historiography
• Africa > Description and travel
• Africa > Foreign public opinion, Portuguese

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-195) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2008032085

OCLC

ssj0000205390

Author

Blackmore, Josiah, 1959-

Title

Moorings [electronic resource] : Portuguese expansion and the writing of Africa / Josiah Blackmore.

Imprint

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-195) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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