Portuguese in the Creole Indian Ocean - Essays in Historical Cosmopolitanism

Informationen zum Autor Fernando Rosa is a Research Affiliate in the English Department at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

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• Authors: Fernando Rosa, Fernando Rosa Ribeiro
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781137563668
• ISBN: 978-1-137-56366-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies; Palgrave Series in Indian Ocea; Palgrave Series in Indian Ocea; Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies; Palgrave Indian Ocean World St
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