Shadow Puppets, Songs, and Sacred Feasts

Celebrations of the Indo-Portuguese Nuns in the Eighteenth-Century Real Convento de Santa Mónica, Goa, India. A Bilingual Edition

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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The two eighteenth-century texts translated here offer a rare glimpse into the creative lives of cloistered nuns in Asia, providing a valuable example of early modern "other voices" in a colonial context. The Entrada de Bonifrate para Festa dos Reis, a shadow puppet play for the feast of the Kings, and the Cartepaço da Muzica, a songbook for the feast of St. John, showcase the imaginative minds of the nuns at the Indo-Portuguese Real Convento de Santa Mónica, Goa, India. Composed for private convent audiences, these texts blend Portuguese and Spanish baroque elements with local Goan traditions. The uncensored verses celebrate convent life, critique local social norms, and affirm the nuns’ community identity, exhibiting the Mónicas’ musical talents and literary sensibilities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-03-17
Mått152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt367 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieOther Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
Antal sidor230
FörlagIter Press
ISBN9781649591258
ÖversättareMichon, Daniel, Smith, D. A.

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Daniel Michon, associate professor of religious studies at Claremont McKenna College, is the author of Archaeology and Religion in Early Northwest India: History, Theory, Practice and the editor and translator with D .A. Smith of To Serve God in Holy Freedom: The Brief Rebellion of the Nuns of the Royal Convent of Santa Mónica, Goa, India, 1731–1734. D. A. Smith has translated several Goan and Indo-Portuguese literary and historical works, including Orlando da Costa’s novel O Signo da Ira, the collected poetry of Laxmanrao Sardessai, Leonor Figueiredo’s biography of Sita Valles, and To Serve God in Holy Freedom: The Brief Rebellion of the Nuns of the Royal Convent of Santa Mónica, Goa, India, 1731–1734.

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Illustrations Introduction The Other Voice Historical Background and Analysis of the Manuscripts The Real Convento de Santa Mónica and the Mónicas Entrada de Bonifrate para Festa dos Reis Cartepaço da Muzica A Note on the Translations Translations Entrada de Bonifrate para Festa dos Reis Cartepaço da Muzica Appendices1. Nuns Commemorated in Entrada de Bonifrate para Festa dos Reis 2. Nuns Commemorated in Cartepaço da Muzica Bibliography Index