Moorings:Portuguese expansion and the writing of Africa
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University of Minnesota Press,
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Publisher Address: | Minneapolis |
Publication Dates: | c2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xxiv, 203 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
0816648328 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780816648320 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0816648336 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780816648337 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | K552 |
CLC: |
K552.3 K400 |
Call Number: | K400/B629 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-195) and index. 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. Delving into the Portuguese imperial experience, 'Moorings' enriches our understanding of historical and literary imagination during a significant period of Western expansion. |