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Portuguese Orientalism: The Interplay of Power, Representation and Dialogue in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

by Marta Pacheco Pinto, Catarina Apolin De Almeida

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Liverpool University Press
  • 15.9 x 23.4 x 2.2 cm

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Research on Portuguese orientalism has been mostly centred on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and has focused on missionary work and Catholic orientalism. In contrast, reflection on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is scarce and has relied on individual case studies, notwithstanding the TECOP (Texts and Contexts of Portuguese Orientalism: The International Congresses of Orientalists, 1873-1973) research project. This edited collection is the result of an international forum (www.tecop.letras.ulisboa.pt) hosted by the Centre for Comparative Studies, the University of Lisbon. The editorial aim is to counter the scant attention paid to Portuguese orientalist scholarship, which has been peripheralized within the comparative history of western imperialisms at large and within national orientalisms in particular. Incorporating Portugal into a broader European colonial discourse about the East, and discussing the responses to Portuguese colonial legacies, gives visibility
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  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Liverpool University Press

  • Published

    November 2020

  • Weight

    500g

  • Dimensions

    15.9 x 23.4 x 2.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781789760545

  • ISBN-10

    1789760542

  • Eden Code

    5219683

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