Moorings : Portuguese expansion and the writing of Africa / Josiah Blackmore.
2009
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Title
Moorings : Portuguese expansion and the writing of Africa / Josiah Blackmore.
Created/published
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Description
xxiv, 203 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Associated name
Summary
Delving into the Portuguese imperial experience, 'Moorings' enriches our understanding of historical and literary imagination during a significant period of Western expansion.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-195) and index.
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.
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.
Item Details
Call number
DT36.3 .B58 2009
Folger-specific note
Gift of Josiah Blackmore.
Folger accession
266142