Imperial Culture and Colonial Projects

The Portuguese-Speaking World from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvDiogo Ramada Curto

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Beyond the immeasurable political and economic changes it brought, colonial expansion exerted a powerful effect on Portuguese culture. And as this book demonstrates, the imperial culture that emerged over the course of four centuries was hardly a homogeneous whole, as triumphalist literature and other cultural forms mingled with recurrent doubts about the expansionist project. In a series of illuminating case studies, Ramada Curto follows the history and perception of major colonial initiatives while integrating the complex perspectives of participating agents to show how the empire’s life and culture were richly inflected by the operations of imperial expansion.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-12-15
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor514
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781807680312

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List of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I. Language, Literature and the Empire, 1415–1570Chapter 1. The Africans in Portugal: Between Presentation and Methods of CommunicationChapter 2. The System of Slave-Interpreter and Alternative Means of CommunicationChapter 3. The Age of Zurara: Guidance, Chronicles and Reports of VoyagesChapter 4. The Era of Da Gama: Printed Books and the Distribution of ManuscriptsChapter 5. The 1550s and 1560sPart II. Written Culture and Practices of Identity, 1570–1697Chapter 6. The World Theatre and Imperial ThoughtChapter 7. The State of India: Between Zain Al-Din and the Tradition of the DécadasChapter 8. Remedies or ResolutionsChapter 9. Forms of Christianity in the EastChapter 10. Reports of Voyages to Goa and the State of IndiaChapter 11. Brazil, or the Province of Santa CruzChapter 12. The Dutch in Brazil: Conflict and DialogueChapter 13. The Inhabitants of Maranhão, Expeditions, the Peruleiros and the SlavesChapter 14. Colonial Projects for West AfricaPart III. Enlightenment and the Written Word, 1697–1808Chapter 15. Reports of Voyages, Histories and Translations of Enlightened EuropeChapter 16. Heroes of the State of India, Scientists and OrientalistsChapter 17. The Journey to the Far East of António de Albuquerque CoelhoChapter 18. Public Ceremonies and Academies in BrazilChapter 19. Naturalization, Indigenism, Reforms and Voyage ReportsBibliographyIndex of NamesIndex of PlacesIndex of Subjects

“As all of the articles are very well researched and highly academic, this work will be of greatest interest to graduate students and scholars of advanced Portuguese colonial studies.” • Choice“Professor Curto’s command of the literature is vast and truly impressive. As a result, beyond his multifaceted and complex objectives, this work is an important historiographic resource and guide. If a reader wanted to know the importance or background of a specific early modern work, this would be a good place to start.” • Bulletin of Spanish Studies